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History  and  Genealogy 


a  mm  i  m  urn  i  ns, 


BY 


EMERSON  KINNE. 


SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 

MASTERS  &  STONE,  PRINTERS  AND  BINDERS. 

1881. 


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History  and  Genealogy 


OF 


A  BRANCH  OF  Til  HILT  OF  111 


EMERSON  KINNE. 


SYRACUSE,  N.  Y. 

MASTERS  &  STONE,  PRINTERS  AND  BINDERS. 

1881. 


INTRODUCTION. 


Having,  for  a  number  of  years,  a  desire  to  learn  some¬ 
thing  of  the  ancestry  of  the  Kinnes  of  Onondaga  County, 
the  writer  of  the  following  glance  sketches,  lias,  after  con¬ 
siderable  time,  some  correspondence,  with  a  measure  of 
trouble  and  patient  investigation,  obtained  the  facts  herein 
recorded. 

At  the  outset  he  may  be  permitted  the  expression  of  a 
candid  sentiment  that  he  has  been  impelled  to  this  pleasant 
and  yet  somewhat  difficult  undertaking,  more  by  a  desire 
to  snatch  from  unmerited,  but  inevitable  oblivion,  the 
facts,  incidents  and  personal  histories  of  our  kinsmen,  who 
are  fast  passing  from  the  scenes  that  make  history,  to  the 
unknown  and  unending  future,  than  by  an  undue  or  per¬ 
sonal  family  pride. 

If,  in  the  faithful  record  of  facts,  found  in  these  pages, 
there  shall  appear  any  merit  attaching  itself  to  deeds  of 
daring,  or  of  patriotism,  or  of  patient  submission,  where 
submission  was  a  virtue,  or  of  Christian  zeal  and  labor,  or 
of  the  more  common  virtues  in  humbler  walks  of  life,  such 
merit  may  be  grateful  to  any  of  the  kindred,  whose  eye 
may  chance  to  rest  on  this  humble  attempt  to  record  and 
preserve  some  of  their  history. 

Such  is  my  admiration  of  the  virtue  and  heroism  of  our 


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forefathers,  the  early  settlers  of  New  England,  such  my 
veneration  for  their  loyalty  to  God  and  their  country,  so 
marvelous  do  1  count  their  hardships  and  sufferings,  in 
their  early  attempts  to  colonize,  their  almost  obstinate  per¬ 
sistence  in  meeting  and  surmounting  difficulties  and  their 
rigid  practice  of  the  primitive  virtues;  that  my  kinsmen 
will,  perhaps,  accord  with  my  desire  to  lay  before  them 
some  of  the  causes  and  considerations  underlying  the 
settlement  and  colonization  of  New  England. 

To  this  end  I  invited  my  nephew,  Edward  D.  Kinne,  of 
Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  son  of  my  oldest  brother,  Julius  C. 
Kinne,  to  prepare  a  paper  on  that  subject,  to  be  read  at  a 
probable  re-union  of  Kinnes,  to  be  held  in  Cortland,  N.  Y., 
to  accompany  this  record. 

In  compliance  with  my  request,  he  has  paused  in  his 
busy  pursuit  of  legal  and  legislative  duties,  and  sent 
me  what  would  seem  to  be,  a  suitable  and  proper  introduc¬ 
tion  to  the  history  of  any  family  of  the  descendants  of  New 
England. 

It  has  been  said,  that  if  our  Pilgrim  Fathers  had  settled 
on  the  western  shores  of  America,  instead  of  on  the  eastern, 
the  eastern  shores  would  still  have  been  in  the  possession 
of  the  Indian  race. 

Whether  there  be  any  truth  in  this,  or  whether  it  he 
only  a  mere  waggish  way  of  lauding  our  wide  western 
domains,  is  of  little  consequence. 

One  thing  is  certain ;  had  a  less  hardy  and  heroic  people 
encountered  the  trials  which  they  did,  New  England  had 
made  quite  another  history,  than  that  she  has.  Glorious  as 
it  is,  she  has  shaped  the  history  and  directed  the  destiny  of 
other,  if  not  all  other  sections  of  the  country. 

Salem,  the  seat  and  center  of  settlements,  next  to 
Plymouth,  was  the  first  town  settled  in  Massachusetts. 


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The  first  church  organization  effected  in  this  country 
was  at  Salem,  in  1629. 

Witchcraft  flourished  and  died  here. 

In  the  revolutionary  war  158  privateers,  mounting  2,000 
guns,  manned  by  6,000  men  were  fitted  out  from  this 
town. 

Salem  has  a  history.  And  from  this  place  the  name  of 
Ivinne,  in  the  person  of  Henry,  originates,  as  seen  in  the 
record. 

The  very  sterility  of  New  England  soil,  and  the  in¬ 
clemency  of  its  climate  stimulated  industry  and  incited  to 
emigration,  and  its  tide  has  ever  after  been  westward. 

Henry’s  descendants,  scattered  over  various  parts  of 
New  England,  were  not  behind  in  enterprise,  or  purposes 
of  permanent  improvement  in  their  material  interests. 

It  is  presumably  known  to  all,  that,  by  grant  and  subse¬ 
quent  purchase,  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer,  called  the 
“  Patroon,”  was  the  proprietor  of  about  three-fourths  of  a 
million  of  acres  of  land,  comprising  the  greater  part  of  the 
present  counties  of  Albany,  Columbia  and  Rensselaer, — 
that  he  was  the  liberal  landlord  of  the  occupants  of  these 
lands,  requiring  only  a  mere  nominal  rent,  leasing  on  long 
time,  in  some  cases  ninety -nine  years.  Such  inducements, 
naturally  invited  emigration  thither,  and  Cyrus  Kinne, 
fourth  in  line  from  Henry  Ivinne,  was  induced  to  leave 
Voluntown,  Conn.,  and  settle  on  leased  land  in  Rensselaer 
county.  Enterprise  and  adventure  know  but  little  of 
limits.  When  once  they  have  impelled  men  to  strike  out 
for  independence,  ease  or  affluence,  every  new  promise  of 
good,  discovers  avenues,  penetrates  forests,  divides  waters, 
bridges  rivers,  braves  dangers,  achieves  victories  and 
secures  success. 

Central  New  York,  by  a  very  generous  provision  of  the 


state  and  national  governments,  became  in  1783  an 
objective  point,  by  the  disposition  and  distribution  of 
public  lauds.  There  is  now  in  the  possession  of  Allen  B. 
lvinne,  of  Woodard,  Onondaga  County,  N.  Y.,  an  original 
deed  of  conveyance,  to  Cyrus  lvinne,  Esq.,  of  one  hundred 
acres  of  land  from  the  State  of  New  York,  when  John  Jay 
was  Governor,  and  Lewis  A.  Scott,  Secretary  of  State. 
The  deed  bears  date  Sept.  2,  1795,  and  has  attached  to  it 
the  Great  Seal  of  the  State,  which  consists  of  a  piece  of 
wax,  circular  in  form,  three  inches  in  diameter,  and  nearly 
a  half  inch  in  thickness,  covered  with  parchment,  bearing  the 
impress,  “  The  Great  Seal  of  the  State,”  and  “Excelsior,” 
and  on  the  reverse,  “Frustra,”  “1777.”  This  was  only 
one  of  the  many  parcels  purchased. 

These  lands  lying  in  the  central  part  of  the  State  consti¬ 
tute  what  was  called  the  “  Military  Tract.”  Their  cheap¬ 
ness  and  fertility  soon  became  known. 

A  clear  exposition  of  the  status  of  this  “  tract  ”  was 
published  some  time  since  in  the  columns  of  the  Syracuse 
Journal ,  and  is  deemed  of  sufficient  interest  to  be  laid 
before  our  friends. 

1  desire  to  thank  those  who  have  responded  to  inquiries, 
in  pursuance  of  the  work  I  have  had  in  hand,  without 
whose  aid,  the  task  would  have  been  fraught  with  greater 
difficulties  and  its  results  less  satisfactory. 

Ln  the  work  undertaken,  I  have  been  assisted  by  my 
brother,  A.  E.  Kinne,  to  whom  I  have  often  had  occasion 
to  refer,  and  to  whom  T  desire  herein  to  acknowledge  my 
obligations. 

In  the  Record  I  have  attempted,  it  was  my  purpose,  in 
the  beginning,  simply  to  place  in  manuscript  form,  such 
facts  concerning  the  Onondaga  branch  of  Kinnes,  as  were 
clearly  in  my  own  memory. 


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But  as  these  were  recorded,  other  facts  and  incidents,  not 
distinctly  remembered,  but  standing  in  such  close  relation 
to  those  well  remembered,  that  some  correspondence 
became  indispensable  to  anything  like  a  perfect  and  impar¬ 
tial  recital  of  what  was  recalled. 

The  object  of  the  work  was  to  leave  in  some  tangible 
form,  what  my  immediate  kinsmen  might  wish  to  preserve, 
and  to  place  at  the  service  of  any  one  or  more  of  them  who 
would  wish  to  perfect  and  extend  the  record  and  genealogy 
so  as  to  include  others  or  all  of  the  name  of  Kinne,  who 
now  live  or  have  lived  in  this  country. 

As  the  work  grew,  and  some  of  our  friends  desired  a 
more  permanent  form  for  preservation,  than  manuscript,  it 
was  deemed  more  satisfactory  and  more  easy  of  reference, 
to  put  in  pamphlet  form,  what  at  first  was  designed  only 
for  family  reference. 


NEW  ENGLAND  AND  NEW  ENGLANDERS 

SOMETHING  OF  THEIR  HISTORY  ;  THEIR  STRUGGLES,  AND  THE 
FRUITION  OF  THEIR  LABORS. 

It.  is  foreign  to  the  design  of  this  brief  address,  to 
attempt  a  detailed  or  elaborate  portraiture  of  our  New 
England  ancestry.  Such  a  labor  must  devolve  upon  the 
historian.  Ours  must  be  a  bird’s-eye,  philosophical  glance 
at  that  memorable  past.  The  theme  should  interest  and 
ennoble  every  true  American  heart. 

No  one,  however  gifted  by  nature  or  versed  in  modern 
or  classic  lore,  can  speak  intelligently  or  act  wisely  for  his 
generation,  for  his  country  or  posterity,  unless  his  eye  can 


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light  upon,  and  his  memory  retain,  the  salient  features  of 
New  England  history.  Wanting  in  these  essential  elements 
of  historic  knowledge,  the  American  citizen  and  statesman 
enters  a  labyrinth  of  social,  financial  and  political  problems, 
that  the  mere  logical  and  philosophical  wisdom  of  man, 
even  aided  by  the  lessons  of  history,  may  not  hope  to 
fathom  or  successfully  explore. 

Plymouth  Rock  is  the  polar  star  of  American  Liberty ! 
and  the  political  mariner,  who  pilots  his  craft,  either  in 
ignorance  or  defiance  thereof,  may  expect  shoals  and  ship¬ 
wreck. 

Fortunately,  it  is  one  of  the  distinguishing  characteristics 
of  the  human  being,  that  he  loves  to  contemplate  the  scenes 
of  the  past,  and  that  he  longs  to  have  his  own  history 
borne  down  to  the  future. 

It  is  impossible  to  name  a  people  who  do  not  possess 
cherished  traditions  that  have  descended  from  their  an¬ 
cestors.  The  virtues  we  admire  in  them  not  only  adorn 
and  dignify  their  names,  but  win  us  to  their  imitation  and 
emulation. 

Their  prosperity  and  happiness  spread  abroad  a  diffusive 
light  that  reaches  us  and  brightens  our  condition.  The 
wisdom  that  guided  their  footsteps,  becomes  at  the  same 
time,  a  lamp  to  our  feet ;  and  the  observation  of  the  errors 
of  their  course,  and  of  the  consequent  disappointments  and 
sufferings  that  befell  them,  enables  us  to  pass  in  safety 
through  rocks  and  ledges,  on  which  they  were  stranded. 

The  settlement  of  New  England  was  one  of  the  remote, 
yet  nevertheless,  legitimate  fruits  of  that  great  Religious 
Reformation  of  the  16th  century  ;  a  Reformation  thorough¬ 
ly  conceived  and  inaugurated,  when  Martin  Luther,  the  in¬ 
trepid  and  learned  Augustine  Monk,  in  1517,  nailed  to  the 
gates  of  Wittemburg,  his  famous  95  propositions,  which 


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electrified  nil  Germany,  and  shook  to  its  foundation  the 
whole  vast  imposing  papal  edifice. 

New  England  was  the  diamond  spark  from  tlie  white 
heat  of  that  religious  illumination. 

The  hymns  of  love  and  praise,  heard  in  the  17th  century 
on  Plymouth  Rock,  were  the  far  distant,  hut  perfectly 
responsive  echo  of  the  voice  of  Luther  at  the  Diet  of 
Worms.  • 

It  was  his  blow  at  papal  supremacy  ;  his  voice  shouting 
for  Religious  Liberty ;  denouncing  indulgencies  and  the 
unholy  vices  of  the  Church  ;  his  system  of  religious  action 
and  thought,  that  finally  changed  the  foundation  of 
European  politics  and  found  their  purest  crystallization  in 
the  moral  and  civil  code,  and  the  enlightened  faith  of  the 
Pilgrim  Fathers  of  New  England. 

This  precious  German  seed  was  soon  sown  in  the  hearts 
of  Englishmen,  and  finally  ripened  to  perfect  maturity  in 
the  virgin  soil  of  New  England.  The  enfranchisement  of 
the  mind  from  religious  despotism  culminated  in  the 
doctrine  of  freedom  in  civil  government. 

The  doctrines  of  popular  liberty  found  their  first  life- 
giving  embraces  in  the  wilderness  of  the  newly  discovered 
continent. 

Protestantism  was  a  bold  advance,  a  marvelous  release 
from  the  bondage  of  the  Church  of  Rome.  It  struck  to 
the  heart  the  idea  of  the  infallibility  of  the  Pope.  It 
opened  thoroughly  the  avenues  of  human  thought  and 
speculation  ;  and  the  work  went  on  until  mandates  from 
the  English  throne,  upon  the  subject  of  religious 
faith,  soon  became  as  powerless  to  control  the  minds  of 
Englishmen  as  the  impotent  thunders  of  the  Vatican. 

Then  came  the  advanced  declaration  that  even  the 
forms  of  the  Church  of  England  could  not  be  tolerated ; 


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that  not  a  ceremony  should  be  adopted  unless  it  were 
enjoined  of  God.  The  Bible  should  be  the  standard  and 
the  rule  of  action.  Nothing  in  Religion  should  be  yielded 
to  the  Temporal  Sovereign.  And  this  is  Puritanism. 

The  tale  of  the  sufferings  of  the  early  fathers  of  the 
Church  in  England  cannot  be  written  here. 

The  tires  of  Smithfield  that  consumed  the  living  martyred 
bodies  of  Cranmer,  Ridley  and  Hooper,  abated  not  one  jot 
or  tittle  of  the  march  of  religious  freedom,  nor  weakened 
or  shattered  the  faith  of  these  lovers  of  God’s  truth,  the 
Puritan  Fathers.  Ho  flames  could  quench  their  zeal-  or 
their  devotion  to  God.  “  The  blood  of  the  martyrs  proved 
the  seed  of  the  Church.” 

As  we  see  frail  human  nature  in  the  19th  century,  it 
now  seems  scarcely  less  than  wonderful  that  human  beings 
were  found  who  refused  to  yield  to  the  dangers  and 
temptations  of  that  crucial  test  of  human  fortitude  and 
faith. 

But  the  strength  of  heart,  body  and  soul,  which  bore 
them  upon  the  waves  of  that  stormy  ocean,  came  not  of  the 
flesh  but  was  of  Divine  inspiration. 

Banishment,  poverty,  and  even  the  bloody  gallows  of 
Tyburn  were  the  rewards  that  English  rule  offered  these 
Puritan  sons  and  daughters  of  civil  and  religious  liberty. 

Expatriation  appeared  inevitable.  Their  native  soil  of 
England  became  the  prison  house  of  their  souls.  Ho 
future  was  ever  more  dark,  more  uncertain,  or  more 
tempestuous. 

This  movement  of  the  Puritan  Fathers  from  England 
contemplated  and  involved  the  surrender  of  rich  earthly 
possessions ;  the  sundering  of  the  ties  of  kindred ;  the 
abandonment  of  home ;  of  native  scenes ;  the  burial  of 
every  luxurious  hope. 


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Behind  them  was  home,  native  land,  kindred  and 
stately  antiquity.  Before  them,  the  life  of  a  refugee, 
poverty,  suffering  and  perad venture,  premature  or  even 
ignominious  death. 

0  t. 

Yet  they  shrank  not  from  the  embrace  of  this  ordeal. 
To  remain  in  England  was  to  dwarf  and  enslave  their 
souls.  In  that  long  night  of  sorrow,  despair  and  darkness 
there  was  no  light  to  guide  their  footsteps,  save  the  im¬ 
perishable  glory  of  the  star  of  faith  in  God  and  His  good¬ 
ness  and  power. 

Strange  as  it  may  seem,  these  Puritan  Fathers  saw  that 
star  of  hope  shining  over  a  foreign  land,  populated  with  a 
people  of  foreign  tongue,  habits  and  language. 

Far  away  to  Holland  they  coursed  their  way,  looking  for 
spiritual  emancipation.  Holland  became  the  temporary 
asylum  of  those  Puritans  who  first  dared  to  brave  the 
pitiless  storm  of  exile. 

Glancing  back  at  that  period  of  Puritan  history,  we 
learn  that  even  their  departure  from  English  soil  was 
attended  with  struggles  and  shameful  embarrassment. 
Their  first  attempt  was  entirely  frustrated,  and  nearly  the 
whole  band  of  this  “  poor,  persecuted  flock  of  Christ,”  was 
thrown  by  English  intolerants  into  an  English  prison.  Yet 
there  was  not  a  stain  upon  their  white  souls,  or  the  shadow 
of  a  crime  against  either  man  or  God  o’erhanging  them. 
They  were  finally  released  but  only  to  be  compelled  to 
meet  in  secret,  in  the  north  of  England,  in  an  unfrequented 
heath  of  Lincolnshire,  and  to  effect  a  successful  departure, 
after  a  cowardly  seizure  of  helpless  women  and  children 
and  another  desperate  struggle  for  life. 

Such  was  the  flight  of  Robinson  and  Brewster  and  their 
followers  from  the  land  of  their  sires.  Such  were  the 


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adieus  that  England  bade  to  as  brave  and  loyal  hearts  as 
ever  trod  her  soil  or  bit  the  dust  on  her  fields  of  battle. 

They  landed  at  Amsterdam,  and  thither  flocked  the 
other  refugees  from  English  intolerance.  The  story  of 
their  pilgrimage  in  Holland  is  mainly  interesting,  as 
revealing  the  humble  zeal  and  fervent  love  of  this  people 
towards  God ;  their  single-heartedness  and  sincere  affection 
one  toward  another.  They  were  exiles  in  a  strange  land; 
under  a  foreign  sky  ;  among  a  people  of  kind  but  foreign 
life.  There  could  not  be  rapid,  natural  and  harmonious 
assimilation.  It  is  not  remarkable  that  they  became  rest¬ 
less,  and  even  impatient  for  a  permanent  home,  where 
they  might  erect  their  altars  by  their  own- firesides,  and 
breathe  the  delicious  atmosphere  of  perfect  freedom. 

Such  a  green  spot  on  this  beautiful  earth  Providence 
seemed  to  have  anticipated  and  prepared  for  their  weary 
feet.  The  voyages,  explorations  and  discoveries  of  Hud¬ 
son,  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  and  Capt.  John  Smith,  in  the 
Hew  World,  filled  them  with  wonder  and  an  insatiable 
longing  !  Hot  indeed  in  the  spirit  of  speculation,  or  idle 
wandering  were  they  stimulated  ;  but  in  the  hope  and 
moved  with  an  inward  zeal  of  advancing  the  kingdom  of 
Christ  in  the  remote  parts  of  the  Hew  World.  It  was 
their  ambition  and  aim  to  act  a  higher  part  in  the  great 
drama  of  human  life.  Hence  towards  this  new  field  of 
human  action  they  turned  their  thoughts  and  prayers. 

negotiations  followed,  and  arrangements  were  soon 
completed,  for  a  voyage  to  America.  Such  of  the  youngest 
and  strongest  of  these  exiled  Puritans  as  freely  offered 
themselves,  constituted  the  members  of  this  remarkable 
band. 

With  the  sweet  melody  of  Christian  prayer  and  the 
singing  of  psalms,  floating  along  the  shore,  the  Speedwell 


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and  the  Mayflower  spread  their  sails  over  this  devoted 
people,  and  soon  touch  the  shores  of  England  at  Southamp¬ 
ton.  From  this  port,  on  the  6th  day  of  September,  1620, 
this  band,  numbering  but  one  hundred  souls,  embarked  on 
board  the  Mayflower,  and  her  prow  was  soon  pointing  and 
cutting  the  waters  towards  their  future  home. 

Sixty-three  long,  weary  days  and  nights  this  bark 
moved  on,  tossed  at  the  mercy  of  a  tempestuous  ocean, 
when  the  harbor  of  Cape  Cod,  on  the  New  England  shore, 
extended  its  sheltering  arms. 

It  is  recorded,  that,  guided  by  wisdom  that  seemeth 
from  above,  before  these  Pilgrim  strangers  landed,  they 
prepared  and  signed  a  sacred  compact,  declaring  their 
loyalty  to  the  Crown,  and  covenanting  to  live  together  in 
peace  and  harmony,  with  equal  rights  to  all ;  creating 
thereby  a  civil  body  politic. 

Here  in  the  plain  cabin  of  the  Mayflower,  on  a  bleak  and 
barren  coast,  with  a  trackless  ocean  on  the  one  side,  and  an 
unbroken  wilderness  on  the  other,  wearied  and  wasted  with 
a  long  and  despairing  voyage,  on  a  cheerless  November 
day  in  1620,  was  laid  the  primal  foundations  of  Constitu¬ 
tional  Liberty  in  North  America. 

Though  safely  moored  from  the  dangers  of  the  deep, 
their  perplexities  had  hardly  commenced.  Even  the  place 
of  their  settlement  was  still  to  be  selected.  They  met  no 
words  of  greeting  or  of  welcome.  There  was  no  Pisgah 
which  they  might  ascend,  and  from  whose  summit  they 
might  behold  the  grandeur  of  the  New  World.  Snow 
covered  hills  and  dangerous  valleys  greeted  their  eyes  at 
every  step.  After  days  of  wandering  and  exploration, 
these  Pilgrim  Fathers  place  their  weary  feet  upon 
Plymouth  Rock,  and  here  they  rest  from  ocean,  toil  and 
danger,  and  plant  their  colony.  The  rock  that  received 


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their  footsteps  on  that  stormy  December  day,  has  become 
a  sacred  landmark  in  American  history.  It  is  the  beacon 
light  of  Civil  Liberty  and  Independent  Religious  Worship. 

Here  we  trace  the  origin  of  New  England.  Here  was 
planted  that  tree  of  free,  independent  and  equal  rights, 
before  man  and  God,  that  in  after  generations  spread  its 
gracious  branches  over  the  length  and  breadth  of  our 
Republic,  and  sheltered  and  saved  us  in  the  hour  of 
National  peril. 

Happy  for  us  that  New  England  received  this  colony. 
Happy  for  us  all  that  the  old  English  institutions  were  not 
transplanted  on  this  soil.  Happy  for  us  all  that  these 
exiled  Pilgrims  were  English  Protestants,  disciplined  by 
misfortune,  skilled  by  observation  and  experience  ;  equal  in 
rank  and  in  rights,  and  bound  by  no  code  of  laws  or  rule 
save  that  of  religion  and  the  public  good. 

Who  can  tell  what  centuries  of  human  joy,  life  and 
prosperity  hung  upon  the  uncertainties  of  that  ocean 
voyage.  Had  the  Mayflower  sunk  in  mid-ocean,  the  tales 
of  fable  might  now  be  gathering  around  our  Colonial 
history. 

No  one  can  reasonably  doubt  that  the  theories  of  our 
government,  its  stability,  its  growth,  its  development,  and 
especially  the  spirit  and  character  of  our  civil  and  religious 
rights  and  institutions,  may  be  traced  to  the  landing  of  our 
Pilgrim  Fathers  on  Plymouth  Rock.  God  is  in  history. 

Though  firmly  rooted  to  the  soil  of  Plymouth,  neither 
the  labors  nor  the  sufferings  of  our  Pilgrim  Fathers  ceased. 
A  new  climate,  precarious  shelter,  and  a  scarcity  of  food, 
soon  sadly  decimated  their  ranks.  Sickness  and  death 
were  their  daily  companions.  Before  the  inclement  spring- 
had  mellowed  into  the  la])  of  summer,  the  benevolent 
Carver,  their  first  governor,  and  one-half  of  this  little 


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colony  were  sleeping  in  their  new  made  graves.  Those  in 
health  could  not  properly  care  for  the  sick,  and  it  is  said, 
that  in  this  period  of  greatest  distress  there  were  but  seven 
persons  able  to  render  assistance.  Privation  and  want 
followed  sickness  and  death.  Men  staggered  by  reason  of 
faintness  for  want  of  food.  It  is  recorded,  but  without 
perfect  authenticity,  that  at  one  time  these  people  were  re¬ 
duced  to  a  pint  of  corn,  which  being  parched  and  dis¬ 
tributed,  gave  to  each  five  kernels.  Not  until  1623  did 
these  miseries  end  or  materially  lessen.  Yet,  during  all 
this  period  of  hardship,  misery  and  self-denial,  the  un¬ 
swerving  confidence  of  the  Pilgrims  in  the  words  of 
Providence  remained  unshaken. 

It  was  during  this  period  that  this  little  colony  made  its 
first  treaty  of  peace,  friendship  and  mutual  protection.  It 
was  with  the  Indian  Sachem,  Massasoit.  It  is  the  oldest 
act  of  diplomacy  recorded  in  New  England,  and  was 
sacredly  kept  for  more  than  half  a  century. 

The  trials  and  vicissitudes  of  this  colony  cannot  be  fully 
detailed  here.  Through  scenes  of  gloom  and  misery  these 
Pilgrim  Fathers  struggled,  opening  the  way  to  an  asylum 
for  those  who  would  go  to  the  wilderness  for  the  purity  of 
religion  or  the  liberty  of  conscience.  They  were  the 
servants  of  posterity ;  the  benefactors  of  succeeding 
generations. 

Out  of  the  depths  of  the  past  and  of  early  New  England 
rise  the  names  of  John  Winthrop,  Governor  of  Massa¬ 
chusetts  ;  Miles  Standish,  the  warrior  Pilgrim  of  the  May¬ 
flower ;  Peregrine  White,  the  first  Pilgrim  child;  John 
Elliott,  the  Pilgrim  minister;  John  Mason,  the  Indian 
warrior ;  Thomas  Hooker,  the  light  of  the  Western 
Churches ;  and  Roger  Williams,  who  was  banished  from 


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Massachusetts,  only  to  erect  a  more  perfect  altar  of  freedom 
within  the  boundaries  of  Rhode  Island  and  Providence. 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  the  founders  of  the  Common¬ 
wealth,  comprising  the  people  of  New  England,  were 
Englishmen.  While  the  emigration  to  New  England  began 
in  1620,  it  was  not  large,  until  1630,  and  in  1640  it  had 
nearly  ceased.  These  New  England  people,  consisting  at 
that  time  of  not  more  than  twenty  thousand  persons, 
thenceforward  multiplied  on  their  own  soil,  in  remark- 
aide  seclusion  from  other  communities  for  nearly  one  and 
a  half  centuries.  Some  slight  emigrations  from  it  took 
place  at  an  early  day,  but  they  were  soon  discontinued,  and 
it  was  not  until  the  last  quarter  of  the  18th  century  that 
those  swarms  began  to  depart  from  New  England,  which 
have  since  occupied  so  vast  a  portion  of  the  United  States. 
During  this  long  period  the  identity  of  New  Englanders 
remained  unimpaired.  No  race  was  ever  more  homo¬ 
geneous  down  to  half  a  century  ago.  It  is  said  that  the 
millions  of  living  persons,  either  bom  in  New  England,  or 
tracing  their  origin  to  the  natives  of  that  region,  are 
descendants  of  those  twenty  thousand  Englishmen  who 
came  over  to  New  England  before  the  early  emigration 
ceased,  upon  the  meeting  of  the  long  Parliament.  The 
Cromwellian  Scotch  prisoners  at  Boston  can  scarcely  be 
traced.  A  few  families  of  French  Huguenots  in  Massa¬ 
chusetts  ;  a  few  Scotch-Irish  families  in  New  Hampshire, 
constitute  the  main  exceptions. 

Thus  the  people  of  New  England,  until  the  last  half 
century,  were  a  singularly  unmixed  race.  No  county  in 
England  can  furnish  purer  English  blood.  The  Pilgrim 
Fathers  also  represented  a  peculiar  type  of  the  Englishmen 
of  the  17th  century.  A  very  large  majority  were  Puritans. 
Occasionally  there  were  other  elements,  but  a  substantial 


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conformity  to  the  Puritan  standard  became  universal.  Thus 
this  people,  aloof  from  foreign  influence  for  one  and  a  half 
centuries,  was  forming  its  own  character,  creating  its  own 
discipline  and  solving  its  own  problems. 

Until  the  war  of  1775,  New  England  knew  but  little  of. 
the  commonwealths  which  finally  engaged  with  her  in  that 
conflict.  Until  then,  Massachusetts  and  Virginia,  the  two 
principal  English  Colonies,  had  no  mutual  ties  ;  no  com¬ 
mon  action,  and  but  few  relations  either  of  business  or 
acquaintance. 

New  Englanders  in  those  early  days  had  distinct  and 
positive  characteristics.  They  were  a  prolific  race.  They 
married  early  in  life  and  married  often  if  opportunity 
occurred.  They  always  rejoiced  to  have  their  homes 
“  edified  and  beautified  with  many  children.” 

They  were  emphatically  a  thinking  community.  Their 
strong  traits  of  character  were  not  of  the  hand,  the  pocket 
oi1  the  heart,  but  of  the  brain.  New  England  was  filled 
with  graduates  of  the  great  English  universities  of  Cam¬ 
bridge  and  Oxford.  Especially  were  their  clergy,  men  not 
merely  of  deep  piety,  but  scholars  of  eminent  learning. 

In  their  log  houses,  with  the  howling  of  the  wolves 
ringing  in  their  ears,  they  read  the  Hebrew  Bible  and  the 
classic  authors  of  Greece  and  Rome.  They  were  a 
thoroughly  intellectual  people.  Yet  religion  was  still  the 
one  supreme  thing  in  life,  and  towards  this  end  their  efforts 
were  all  directed. 

It  was  a  life  of  severity  and  rigid  discipline  even  to  as¬ 
ceticism,  and  from  it  some  dark  shadows  fall. 

To-day  we  smile  when  we  read  that  an  aged  and  devout 
female  saint  expressed  deep  horror  that  a  whalebone  should 
be  worn  in  the  bodice,  and  that  a  certain  godly  man  had 
his  band  “  something  stiffened  with  starch that  the 


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smoke  of  tobacco  was  compared  to  the  smoke  ascending 
from  the  bottomless  pit ;  that  grave  divines  thundered 
against  long  hair,  and  that  statesmen  in  solemn  conclave 
counseled  how  they  might  crop  the  heads  of  the  multitude. 

They  could  not  tolerate  an  unbeliever.  They  were 
divided  into  closely  related  communities  that  were  possessed 
of  local  self-government.  No  one,  unless  a  member  of  the 
church,  was  allowed  a  voice  in  the  State.  Every  man  was 
educated.  Labor  was  regarded  as  honorable  ;  idleness  as 
disgraceful.  Their  minds  and  consciences  were  constantly 
at  work.  Thus  under  no  warm,  mellow  sky,  but  upon  the 
bleak  New  England  coast  they  worked  out  their  own 
society  and  their  own  development. 

In  physical  and  spiritual  stock  the  people  of  New  Eng¬ 
land  were  well  started,  and  of  such  a  race  under  such 
circumstances,  any  result  however  unparalleled,  might  well 
be  predicted.  They  each  rejoiced  in  what  they  believed  to 
be  the  glory  of  God’s  intervention  in  aiding  them  in  their 
work  of  erecting  a  great  religious  commonwealth  in 
America. 

Their  emigration  to  the  New  World  was  a  sacred  and 
not  a  secular  act.  They  were  soldiers  of  Christ,  doing 
battle  under  his  banners  and  looking  for  their  reward 
beyond  the  clouds.  Such  were  some  of  the  most  important 
circumstances  attending  the  development  of  early  New 
England  life. 

We  have  spoken  of  their  first  years  of  distress.  They 
were  soon  followed  by  seasons  of  abundance  and  happiness. 
A  nation  had  been  planted  !  A  commonwealth  matured  ! 
Plenty  soon  prevailed.  The  people  were  full  of  affection 
and  their  objects  of  love  were  around  them.  They  enjoyed 
religion.  They  were  ever  industrious,  enterprising  and 
frugal.  Affluence  naturally  followed  these  conditions  of 


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life.  The  duration  of  life  increased,  and  the  purity  of 
their  morals  made  the  picture  of  colonial  felicity  almost 
without  a  blemish. 

*  In  1613  fifty  towns  and  villages  dotted  the  landscape  of 
the  New  World.  One  million  of  dollars  had  been  ex¬ 
pended  in  settling  and  developing  this.  People,  manu¬ 
factures,  commerce  and  the  arts  were  rapidly  introduced. 
Over  300  emigrant  ships  had  anchored  in  Massachusetts 
Bay.  Over  twenty  thousand  people  had  found  an  asylum. 

These  circumstances  paved  the  way  for  the  creation  of 
an  incipient  Union  !  A  political  organization  was  formed, 
embracing  Massachusetts,  Plymouth,  Connecticut  and  New 
Haven,  called  “  The  United  Colonies  of  New  England,”  a 
confederacy  which  lasted  nearly  half  a  century. 

Thus  did  New  England  take  the  foremost  step  in  political  ’ 
science  and  create  a  government  of  the  most  unmixed 
simplicity. 

We  cannot  here  follow  New  England  in  her  chronological 
development.  We  all  know  how  gallantly  she  acted  her 
part  in  the  severe  conflicts  between  the  aggressions  of  the 
mother  country  and  the  independence  of  the  colonies  of 
America. 

It  was  Massachusetts  who  in  1664,  bravely  and  success¬ 
fully  repelled  the  bold  attempt  of  Charles  the  Second  to 
control  the  New  England  Colonies,  and  who  sent  back  to 
England  in  humiliation  her  Royal  Commissioners  who 
landed  at  Boston,  intending  to  subvert  the  colonial  liberties. 

In  King  Philip’s  war  many  of  the  pride  and  flower  of 
New  England  fell  upon  the  field  ;  but  with  the  death  of 
this  Indian  warrior  in  1676,  the  Indian  race  was  swept 
from  New  England. 

We  are  all  familiar  with  the  futile  attempt  of  James  the 
Second  in  1686,  to  revoke  the  Colonial  Charters,  and  how 


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in  that  hour  of  dangerous  invasion,  it  seemed  as  if  the 
liberties  of  New  England  were  departing  forever. 

How  Massachusetts  lay  prostrate  at  the  feet  of  this 
English  despot.  How  Joseph  Wadsworth  snatched  the* 
Charter  of  Connecticut  and  concealed  it  in  the  hollow  of 
the  Charter  Oak !  And  how  before  the  Summer  of  1688 
had  gone,  the  undying  spirit  of  New  England  Independence 
asserted  itself,  shining  with  meridian  power,  and  the  former 
liberties  of  New  England  were  regained  and  placed  upon  a 
permanent  foundation.  IIow  Massachusetts  in  1690, 
gloriously  came  to  the  rescue  of  her  mother  country  in  her 
war  with  France,  and  uttered  in  aid  thereof,  the  first 
American  paper  money  !  How  all  New  England  joined 
hands  in  those  several  fierce  confiicts  which  finally  resulted 
in  the  overthrow  of  French  power  in  America. 

As  we  approach  the  period  of  the  American  Revolution, 
New  England  shines  forth  as  the  brilliant,  glittering, 
guiding  star  of  American  Liberty.  Massachusetts  alone 
had  within  her  borders  two  hundred  thousand  souls  of 
European  ancestry,  among  whom  the  principles  of  Puri¬ 
tanism  held  universal  sway.  Her  system  of  free  schools 
caused  New  England  to  lead  in  the  cause  of  education. 
Within  her  borders  prior  to  the  Revolution,  so  universal 
were  her  means  of  education,  that  there  was  not  to  be 
found  in  all  New  England  an  adult  who  could  not  read  and 
write.  Already  the  Colleges  of  Harvard,  William  and 
Mary,  Princeton,  Dartmouth  and  Yale  were  busy  educating 
the  people  of  New  England. 

W e  need  not  be  surprised  that  when  the  storm  of  the 
Revolution  burst  with  its  terrible  earnestness  and  fury, 
New  England  was  ready  for  the  conflict.  Not  indeed 
in  “men  of  war”  or  disciplined  soldiery  or  approved 
weapons  of  modern  warfare,  but  equipped  with  that 


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material  of  heart  and  brain  and  principle  from  which 
springs  forth  a  race  of  soldiers  and  an  army  of  men,  who 
may  die,  but  will  never  surrender. 

It  was  James  Otis,  of  Massachusetts,  “  that  flame  of  tire  ” 
as  he  was  called  by  John  Adams,  who  presided  at  the  birth 
and  baptism  of  American  Independence.  It  was  his  speech 
before  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts  against  English 
Writs  of  Assistance,  that  insured  National  Freedom. 

Samuel  Adams  and  the  “Boston  Tea  Party,”  adorn  the 
pages  of  New  England  history.  The  Boston  Port  Bill 
inaugurated  the  American  Revolution.  Concord,  Lexing¬ 
ton  and  Bunker  Hill  are  Mecca’s  for  the  freedom-loving 
pilgrims  of  the  world. 

We  cannot  say  that  there  is  no  fleck  or  dark  spot  upon 
the  horizon  of  New  England  which  the  ardent  historian 
would  not  fain  obliterate.  Humanity  even  in  its  most 
exalted  forms  may  hardly  aspire  to  absolute  perfection. 

The  picture  of  Massachusetts  would  not  be  accurate 
without  the  blemish  of  the  witchcraft  of  Salem.  The  same 
town  that  banished  Roger  Williams,  at  a  later  day  became 
the  scene  of  the  most  fatal  delusion  of  modern  times.  Yet 
the  faults  and  imperfections  of  New  England  may  well 
be  forgotten  in  the  dazzling  glory  of  her  achievements. 

In  the  silent  but  onward  march  of  human  progress,  she 
has  always  been  in  the  van.  Her  incomparable  line  of 
soldiers,  patriots,  scholars,  jurists,  divines  and  statesmen 
attest  her  perfect  development.  In  the  thickest  of  the 
battle,  the  flags  of  New  England  were  ever  to  be  seen.  In 
the  darkest  hour  of  National  peril  she  became  an  im¬ 
pregnable  tower  of  strength. 

When  the  dangerous  heresy  of  State  Rights  in  1830, 
threatened  to  dissever  the  Union ;  when  the  glittering 
theories  of  Southern  aggression  paled  the  faces  of  our 


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patriot  statesmen,  and  the  Union  seemed  rocking  in  uncer¬ 
tainty,  it  was  New  England’s  unrivaled  master  of  American 
oratory,  Daniel  Webster,  of  Massachusetts,  that  fearless 
expounder  of  the  nation’s  Constitution,  who  arose  in  the 
Senate  of  the  United  States,  and  with  his  irresistible  and 
unanswerable  logic  and  argumentation  overwhelmed  in 
dismay  the  brilliant  advocates  of  Disunion. 

New  England  has  long  been  the  center  of  American 
power.  When  once  her  gates  opened  to  emigration,  her 
principles  spread  rapidly  to  the  neighboring  States,  and 
finally  imbued  the  whole  continent.  Her  influence  and  her 
greatness  have  long  since  ceased  to  be  measured  by  her 
geographical  boundaries.  From  the  rocky  shores  of  the 
Atlantic  to  the  golden  slopes  of  the  Pacific,  go  where  you 
will,  and  you  shall  feel  and  appreciate  tire  influence  of 
New  England  in  American  civilization.  What  department 
of  human  knowledge  has  she  not  explored  ?  What  store¬ 
houses  of  religious,  literary,  political  and  scientific  wealth 
she  has  securely  garnered.  What  land  opened  to  the  lessons 
of  the  19th  century,  has  not  heard  her  voice  ?  Who  can 
doubt  that  in  our  last  great  struggle  for  national  life,  New 
England  was  the  controlling  vital  factor  in  the  full  regen¬ 
eration  of  the  American  Republic  ? 

New  England  has  expanded  beyond  the  boundaries  of 
this  Western  Hemisphere.  She  is  no  longer  the  rebellious 
subject  of  Old  England.  Conscious  of  her  superiority  she 
challenges  the  admiration  and  the  competition  of  all 
Europe. 

The  Pilgrim  Fathers  of  the  17th  century  sleep  in  honor¬ 
ed  graves.  As  the  years  roll  on,  more  heroic  seem  their 
labors ;  more  radiant  their  glory ;  and  more  plainly  is  re¬ 
vealed  the  hand  of  God  in  their  history. 

We,  the  descendants  of  New  England,  are  proud  of  our 


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ancestry.  We  revere  their  memory  and  cherish  their 
traditions.  Onr  hearts  go  ont  to  them  in  unmeasured 
gratitude.  “  They  builded  better  than  they  knew.” 

An  impenetrable  veil  conceals  the  future  of  our  country. 
It  is  wrapped  in  the  mysteries  of  God. 

Not  long  since,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  the  mournful 
requiem,  and  the  funereal  dirge  commemorated  the  last 
scene  in  the  busy  life  of  one  of  New  England’s  most 
gifted  sons,  that  patriarch  of  journalism  and  the  earliest 
of  America’s  most  famous  poets,  William  Cullen  Bryant. 
Silvered  with  the  snows  of  more  than  eighty  winters  he  de¬ 
parted  ;  transmitting  to  us  the  example  of  a  pure  and  en¬ 
nobled  life  ;  a  New  England  character  of  the  highest  type  ; 
unsullied  with  the  taints  of  worldly  temptations  and  un¬ 
marred  by  the  heels  of  time.  More  than  half  a  century 
ago,  while  yet  a  student  in  New  England’s  classic  halls,  he 
laid  down  this  immortal  rule  of  life,  which  like  virtue,  lias 
furnished  its  own  best  reward,  and  won  for  him  an  im¬ 
perishable  fame. 

It  shall  be  the  benediction  which  I  invoke  upon  the 
descendants  of  New  England. 

“So  live,  that  when  thy  summons  comes  to  join 
The  innumerable  caravan  that  moves 
To  the  pale  realms  of  shade,  where  each  shall  take 
His  chamber  in  the  silent  halls  of  death, 

Thou  go  not,  like  the  quarry-slave  at  night, 

Scourged  to  his  dungeon,  but,  sustained  and  soothed 
By  an  unfaltering  trust,  approach  thy  grave 
Like  one  who  wraps  the  drapery  of  his  couch 
About  him,  and  lies  down  to  pleasant  dreams.” 


K.  D.  K. 


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THE  MILITARY  TRACT. 

In  tlu1  early  settlement  of  several  counties  of  Central 
New  York,  the  “Military  Tract”  had  a  conspicuous  part, 
and  a  sketch  of  its  history  will  have  considerable 
interest  at  this  time  when  the  facts  are  less  familiar 
than  they  were  half  a  century  ago.  The  settlement  of 
titles  and  the  gradual  subdivision  of  these  lands  have 
obliterated  the  distinctive  lines  which  for  a  time  kept  fresh 
the  boundaries  and  divisions  of  the  “  Military  Tract,”  but 
nevertheless  whoever  now  undertakes  to  search  out  the 
claims  of  ownership  to  property  in  that  great  “  Tract,”  will 
speedily  discover  the  importance  of  a  familiarity  with 
the  history  of  it.  The  facts  connected  with  the  creation, 
laying  out  and  distribution  of  these  lands  are  briefly  as 
follows : — 

On  the  16th  of  September,  1776,  the  ‘  Congress  of  the 
United  States  passed  a  resolution  giving  bounty  lands  to 
officers,  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates,  serving  in 
the  Continental  army.  The  last  two  named  parties  to 
receive  each  one  hundred  acres.  The  officers  bearing  com¬ 
missions  to  receive  from  one  hundred  and  fifty  to  five 
hundred  acres  each.  By  a  resolution  passed  August  12, 
1780,  it  was  declared  a  Major-General  should  receive 
eleven  hundred  acres  of  land. 

In  1783,  March  27th,  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
New  York 

Resolved ,  “  That  this  State  is  willing  not  only  to  take 
upon  themselves  to  discharge  the  engagements  thus  made 
by  Congress,  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  line  of  this  State, 
but  likewise,  as  a  gratuity  to  said  line;  and  to  evince  the 
just  sense  this  Legislature  entertains  of  the  patriotism  and 
virtue  of  the  troops  of  this  State,  serving  in  the  army  of 


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the  United  States,  it  is  ordered  that  besides  the  bounty 
land  so  promised  by  Congress  this  Legislature  will  by  law 
provide  that  the  Major-Generals  and  Brigadier-Generals 
now  serving  in  the  line  of  the  army  of  the  United  States, 
and  being  citizens  of  this  State ;  and  the  officers  and 
privates  of  regiments  of  infantry  commanded  by  Colonels 
Yan  Schaick  and  Van  Cortland,  and  of  the  artillery  com¬ 
manded  by  Colonel  Lamb,  and  of  the  corps  of  sappers  and 
miners,  as  were  when  they  entered  the  service  inhabitants 
of  this  State,  together  witli  others,  herein  mentioned,  shall 
severally  have  granted  to  them  the  following  quantities  of 


land,  to  wit  : — 

To  Major-Generals . 5,500  acres. 

To  Brigadier-Generals . 4,250  “ 

To  Colonels . 2,500  “ 

To  Lieutenant-Colonels . 2,250  “ 

To  Majors . 2,000  “ 

To  Captains  and  Regimental  Surgeons,  each.  .1,500  “ 

To  Chaplains . 2,000  “ 

To  Non-Commissioned  Officers  and  Privates.  ..  500  “ 

It  was  also 


Resolved ,  “  That  the  lands  to  be  granted  as  bounty  from 
the  United  States  and  as  a  gratuity  from  this  State,  shall 
be  laid  out  in  townships  of  six  miles  square,  and  into  one 
hundred  and  fifty-six  lots  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
each  ;  two  lots  whereof  shall  be  reserved  for  the  use  of 
ministers  of  the  gospel,  and  two  for  the  use  of  schools.” 

The  location  of  these  lands  was  fixed  by  resolution 
passed  on  the  25th  of  July,  1782,  in  the  central  portion  of 
the  State.  The  Legislature  from  time  to  time  modified 
this  act,  until  it  was  ordered  May  11,  1784,  that  the  town¬ 
ships  to  be  surveyed  should  contain  60,000  acres  of  land, 
and  one  hundred  lots  of  600  acres  each,  and  be  laid  out  as 
nearly  in  squares  as  local  circumstances  will  admit ;  and  be 
numbered  one  progressively,  to  the  last  inclusive,  and 


“  The  Commissioners  of  the  Land  Office  shall  likewise 
designate  every  township  by  such  name  as  they  shall  deem 
proper.”  By  this  act  it  was  provided,  that  if  any  person 
should  assign  to  the  Surveyor-General  of  the  State,  for  the 
use  of  the  people  of  the  State,  their  claim  to  lands  to  be 
assigned  to  them  by  act  of  Congress  above  referred  to, 
they  should  receive  a  like  number  of  acres  of  land  to  be 
located  in  this  State  and  so  far  as  possible,  in  one  tract ;  if 
the  amount  did  not  exceed  one-fourtli  of  a  township. 
April  t>,  1790,  it  was  ordered  by  the  Legislature  that  the 
quantity  of  fifty  acres  in  one  of  the  corners  of  the  lots  to 
be  laid  out  in  squares  of  000  acres,  shall  be  subject  to  the 
payment  of  the  sum  of  forty-eight  shillings  to  the  Surveyor- 
General,  as  a  compensation  in  full  for  his  services  in  survey¬ 
ing,  mapping  and  numbering  the  lots.  If  this  sum  of 
forty -eight  shillings  remained  unpaid  two  years  after  the 
issue  of  the  patents,  this  fifty  acres  was  to  be  sold 
at  public  vendue  ;  and  the  money  arising  from  the  sale 
paid,  to  the  amount  of  forty-eight  shillings,  to  the  Surveyor- 
General,  and  any  surplus  was  to  be  used  to  defray  the 
expenses  of  constructing  roads  in  the  tract.  By  act  of 
1789,  six  lots  in  each  township  were  reserved,  one  for  the 
promotion  of  the  gospel,  one  for  public  schools,  one  to 
promote  literature,  and  the  remaining  to  satisfy  any  claim 
arising  by  a  person's  drawing  lots,  the  greater  part  of 
which  was  covered  by  water.  The  act  of  17S0  provided 
that  if  the  soldiers  who  were  to  receive  one  hundred  acres 
or  more  from  the  United  States,  failed  to  relinquish  their 
claims  to  the  State,  then  the  Commissioners  were  to  reserve 
for  the  use  of  the  people  of  the  State  one  hundred  acres  in 
each  lot  to  which  such  person  was  entitled.  This  gave  rise 
to  the  term  “  State’s  Hundred,”  so  frequently  applied  to 
sections  of  land  on  the  “  Military  Tract.” 


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The  Land  Commissioners  consisted  of  the  Governor, 
Lieutenant-Governor,  Speaker  of  the  Assembly,  Secretary 
of  State,  Attorney-General  and  the  Treasurer,  and  Auditor 
of  the  Canal  Department,  the  presence  of  three  being  nec¬ 
essary  to  form  a  quorum.  At  a  meeting  of  this  Commission, 
held  at  the  Secretary’s  office  in  the  city  of  New  York,  on 
Saturday,  3d  of  July,  1790,  there  were  present,  his 
excellency  George  Clinton,  Governor,  Lewis  A.  Scott, 
Secretary,  Gerard  Bancker,  Treasurer,  and  Peter  T.  Gur- 
tenius,  Auditor. 

“  The  Treasurer  laid  before  the  Board  maps  of  the 
survey  of  twenty-five  townships  made  by  the  Surveyor- 
General,  Simeon  DeWitt,  on  each  of  which  maps  the  said 
townships  respectively  were  subdivided  into  one  hundred 
lots,  containing  six  hundred  acres  each ;  whereupon  the 
Board  caused  the  townships  and  lots  therein  to  be 
numbered  according  to  law,  and  designated  them  by  the 
names  they  now  bear,  to-wit :  Lysander,  Hannibal,  Cato, 
Brutus,  Camillus,  Manlius,  Cicero,  Pompey,”  &e.  (How 
much  Simeon  DeWitt  had  to  do  with  the  naming  of  the 
towns  does  not  appear,  although  he  is  generally  credited 
with  this  nomenclature).  The  claims  of  persons  entitled 
by  law  to  lands  were  presented  ;  and  Robert  Harper  and 
Lewis  A.  Scott  were  appointed  to  draw  by  ballot,  as  had 
previously  been  provided  by  act  of  Legislature,  the  lots 
of  land  to  which  they  were  entitled.  These  twenty-five 
townships  constituted  at  the  time,  the  “Military  Tract,” 
embracing  the  present  counties  of  Onondaga,  Cayuga, 
Cortland,  Seneca,  part  of  Tompkins  and  part  of  Oswego, 
except  certain  reserves  for  the  Onondaga  and  Seneca 
Indians,  and  for  the  State  of  New  York  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  Salt  Springs.  Surveyor-General  DeWitt  personally 
laid  out  the  “  Military  Tract,”  by  plotting  and  mapping 


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tlu>  boundaries  and  calculating  the  whole  area.  He  was 
assisted  in  his  held  duties  by  several  competent  sub¬ 
ordinates.  Under  this  division  towns  and  townships  were 
frequently  confounded  ;  a  town  often  embraced  several 
townships.  As  settlements  increased,  some  of  the  towns 
were  subdivided.  The  whole  “Tract”  originally  contained 
about  one  million  eight  hundred  thousand  acres,  or  about 
three  thousand  rights,  exclusive  of  reservations.  The 
Indian  titles  were  extinguished  by  the  treaty  of  Fort 
Stanwix,  September  12,  1788. 

Letters-patent  were  afterwards  issued  to  the  proper 
claimants,  signed  by  the  Governor  and  Secretary  of  State, 
to  which  were  affixed  the  great  seal  of  the  State.  These 
letters  patent  reserved  to  the  State  “all  gold  and  silver  mines, 
and  also  live  acres  of  every  one  hundred,  for  highways.” 
If,  within  the  term  of  seven  years,  there  was  not  one  actual 
settlement  made  on  the  lot  of  land  granted,  the  same 
reverted  to  the  State. 

The  soldiers  who  were  entitled  to  these  lands,  in  nearly 
every  instance  sold  their  claim  ;  and  frequently  more  than 
once.  The  consideration  received  was  often  very  small. 
Speculators  who  purchased!  these  titles  afterwards  sold  to 
the  settlers.  No  place  for  recording  deeds  being  available, 
the  same  lands  were  not  unfrequently  purchased  from 
parties  who  had  not  the  first  title,  and  settlers  found 
themselves  in  possession  of  conflicting  titles,  and  in  some 
instances,  without  any  just  claims  whatever.  To  adjust 
these  opposing  interests,  the  Legislature,  about  the  year 
1795,  appointed  a  commission,  who  from  the  best  informa¬ 
tion  gained,  awarded  the  titles  to  the  proper  parties.  Until 
this  commission  was  appointed  and  had  performed  its 
work,  the  “  Military  Tract  ”  did  not  rapidly  become 
settled.  Settlers  preferred  to  preempt  land,  or  to  settle 
upon  lands  whose  titles  were  more  to  be  relied  upon. 


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In  illustrating  the  evil  which  grew  out  of  the  repeated 
sales  of  these  lands  and  the  confusion  of  ownership,  we 
cite  the  case  of  Mr.  Joseph  Shattuck,  who  purchased  a  title 
to  a  lot  of  land  in  the  town  of  Pompey,  settled  upon  it 
with  nine  sons,  men  grown ;  he  cleared  sixty  acres,  built  a 
log  house  and  a  log  barn,  when,  to  his  surprise,  he  learned 
that  the  lot  properly  belonged  to  Conrad  Bush,  who 
through  legal  process  ejected  him  from  the  premises.  He 
then  bought  a  farm  near  this  one,  and  having  made  some 
improvements  upon  it  was  forced  to  leave  it  to  others.  He 
then  declared  he  would  not  remain  upon  the  “  Military 
Tract,”  and,  with  six  sons,  he  went  west,  to  the  town  of 
Cohocton,  Genesee  county,  and  there  made  a  permanent 
settlement.  These  experiences  will  apply  in  the  case  of 
many  of  the  early  settlers  and  improvers  of  these  lands, 
hut  long  since  all  the  elements  of  confusion  and  conflicting 
titles  were  extinguished,  and  to  very  few  of  the  present 
peaceful  occupants  of  these  lands  are  the  facts  of  the  early 
history  of  them  known.  Little,  indeed,  do  we  of  to-day 
appreciate  the  trials  and  difficulties  of  those  who  laid  the 
foundation  of  our  present  prosperity. 


GENEALOGICAL  RECORD. 

Tracing  our  ancestral  line,  reaching  two  hundred  and 
fifty  years  or  more  into  the  past,  we  arc  able  in  the  light  of 
reliable  records,  to  follow  Henry  Kinne,  born  in  1624, 
from  Holland  to  Salem,  Mass.,  where  he  settled  on  a  farm 
in  1653.  It  is  believed  that  he  was  born  in  Norfolk, 
England,  where  his  father,  Sir  Thomas  Kinne,  lived, 
having  been  knighted  by  the  government  for  some  signal 
service  rendered  it;  and  that  following  the  tide  of  emigra- 


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tion  through  Holland,  where  they  sought  greater  religious 
liberty,  but  found  less  than  the  fullest  freedom,  Henry 
came  to  Salem  at  about  thirty  years  of  age.  He  was 
a  prosperous  farmer,  and  was  employed  to  some  extent  in 
ecclesiastical  work. 

His  children  were  eight  in  number,  three  sons  and  live 
daughters.  His  second  son,  Thomas,  from  whom  our 
branch  springs,  was  born  in  1656,  and  in  1677  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Knight,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons, 
of  whom  Thomas  the  oldest,  and  who  is  in  our  line, 
removed  to  Preston,  now  Griswold,  Conn.,  in  1715,  at  the 
age  of  thirty-seven.  When  this  Thomas  the  2d  sold  out- 
in  Salem,  he  signed  his  name  Kinne  to  a  deed,  and  carried 
this  spelling  of  the  name  to  Connecticut  with  him,  and 
his  gravestone  now  stands  on  the  banks  of  the  Taekany 
river,  in  Griswold,  bearing  this  same  form  which  the 
Kinnes  still  use,  at  least  the  Onondaga  county  branch. 

Thomas  Kinne  had  ten  sons  and  six  daughters  born  to 
him  from  1702  to  1727.  His  oldest  son,  Jeremiah,  who 
died  in  Voluntown,  Conn.,  married  Mary  Starkweather, 
and  had  thirteen  children,  of  whom  the  fifth,  a  son,  David, 
married  Eunice  Cogswell,  by  whom  twelve  children  were 
born  to  him.  The  eighth,  a-  daughter,  Elizabeth,  was  the 
mother  of  eleven  children,  of  whom  the  writer,  Emerson 
Kinne,  is  the  second.  The  sixth  son  of  Thomas  Kinne  was 
Moses,  who  died  in  Voluntown,  Conn.  He  also  had 
a  numerous  family  of  whom  Cyrus  was  one,  and  the  one 
in  our  line. 

His  third  son,  Prentiss  Kinne,  was  the  father  of  the 
writer. 

Having  thus  traced  our  lineage,  recapitulated  and 
abridged,  it  stands  thus : 


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Born. 

1624,  Henry  Kenney, 
1656,  Thomas  Kenney, 
1678,  Thomas  Kinne, 
Born.  Died. 

1710,  Moses  Kinne,  1788 
1746,  Cyrus  Kinne,  1808 
1773,  Prentiss  Kinne, 1830 


Died. 

Salem,  1712 
“  1687 

Preston,  1756 

Born.  Died. 

1702,  Jeremiah  Kinne,  1798 
1736,  David  Kinne,  1808 
1774,  Elizabeth  Kinne,  1820 


HISTORY  OF  CYRUS  KINNE. 

Cyras  Kinne,  the  progenitor  of  the  Kinne  family  of 
this  County  of  Onondaga,  was  born  in  Voluntown,  Wind¬ 
ham  County,  State  of  Connecticut,  Aug  11,  1746.  As 
stated  above  he  was  one  of  a  numerous  family  of  brothers, 
four  of  whom  were  on  the  tented  fields  of  the  Revolution. 

Cyrus  Kinne  married  Comfort  Palmer,  of  Voluntown, 
in  the  year  1768,  and  resided  there  until  the  year  1779, 
when  he  removed  to  the  township  of  Petersburgh,  Rensse¬ 
laer  County,  State  of  New  York,  on  land  then  known  as 
the  Van  Rensselaer  estate. 

In  the  year  1791,  while  on  business  in  the  city  of  Troy, 
where  the  Surveyor  General,  Simeon  DeWitt,  was  holding 
a  public,  sale  of  some  State  lands  lying  in  what  is  now  the 
County  of  Onondaga,  he  became  sufficiently  interested,  to 
look  over  the  map  where  these  lands  were  represented  as 
lying.  Noticing  the  numerous  streams  running  through 
these  lands,  he  was  induced  to  bid  on  some  of  the  survey 
fifties.  As  a  consequence  several  of  these  lots,  lying  in 
what  is  now  the  town  of  Manlius,  were  struck  off  to  him. 
Returning  home  he  told  his  family  what  he  had  done,  and 
so  soon  as  he  could  arrange  his  business  he  started  on 


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horseback  to  view  the  country  where  some  of  this  land  lay. 
At  this  time,  there  were  hut  few  inhabitants  west  of  Utica, 
and  west  of  Oneida  there  were  no  roads,  only  Indian  trails, 
lie  came,  looked  over  the  land  he  had  purchased,  and 
found  some  of  it  to  be  good  for  farming  land,  and  some  to 
be  low  and  swampy,  but  was  so  well  pleased  with  the  gen¬ 
eral  appearance  of  the  country,  that  he  bought  more  land 
lying  near  that  already  purchased. 

Returning  home  he  sold  his  leased  land  which  he  held 
on  the  Patroon’s  Manor,  closed  up  his  business,  and  in  the 
month  of  March,  1792,  started  with  an  ox-team  before  a 
sled,  and  one  horse,  accompanied  by  his  four  oldest  sons, 
namely,  Ezra,  Zachariah,  Prentiss  and  Ethel. 

W  est  of  Oneida  they  were  obliged  to  .cut  their  own  roads. 
The  writer  of  this  sketch  has  often  heard  one  of  the  num¬ 
ber  relate  incidents  that  occurred  during  the  journey. 

There  being  no  bridges  they  crossed  the  streams  as  best 
they  could,  sometimes  unloading  the  heavy  articles  and 
carrying  them  over  the  streams  on  fallen  trees  and  reload¬ 
ing  them. 

They  came  through  this  new  and  wild  country  to  where 
Fayetteville  now  is,  about  the  first  of  April,  and  settled  on 
some  of  the  land  he  had  bought,  built  a  log  house,  cleared 
some  land  and  planted  corn  and  potatoes. 

In  the  month  of  June  he  returned  to  bring  the  remaining 
part  of  his  family  to  his  new  home.  From  the  time  he 
left,  in  June,  until  his  return,  in  July,  the  four  boys  above 
named  that  were  left  in  the  new  home  in  the  forest, 
had  by  turns  to  be  their  own  housekeepers,  and  they  have 
often  been  heard  to  say,  that  it  seemed  very  pleasant  to 
have  their  mother  occupying  her  accustomed  place  at  the 
table  with  them. 

The  nearest  grist-mill  was  at  Oneida,  but  grist-mills,  as 


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well  as  saw-inills,  were  soon  erected  and  put  in  order  for 
use. 

Cyrus  Kinne  was  a  mechanic  as  well  as  a  farmer.  He 
brought  with  him  a  set  of  blacksmith  tools  with  which  he 
did  the  first  blacksmith  work  that  was  done  in  the  town  of 
Manlius. 

Land  was  rapidly  cleared  and  brought  under  cultivation, 
wheat  and  corn  were  soon  grown  in  quantities  sufficient 
for  home  consumption. 

Albany  was  the  nearest  market  for  their  surplus  of  pro¬ 
duce,  and  it  soon  became  the  business  of  the  more  able 
farmers  to  carry  their  surplus  produce  on  sleighs  to  Albany 
in  the  winter,  as  the  roads  in  summer  were  almost  impass¬ 
able.  Fish  and  wild  game  were  very  plenty.  Limestone 
Creek,  running  through  some  of  the  land  that  Mr.  Kinne 
had  bought  and  occupied,  was  well  stocked'  with  salmon. 
They  were  easily  taken,  so  easily  that  they  were  sometimes 
caught  with  pitchforks. 

The  father  of  the  writer  has  often  been  heard  to  say, 
that  he  caught  seven  large  ones  in  an  afternoon.  Bears 
and  wolves  were  troublesome,  so  that  sheep  had  to  be  fold¬ 
ed  at  night.  Pigs  and  even  small  hogs  were  often  taken 
out.  of  the  pen  and  carried  off.  But  this  state  of  things 
did  not  long  continue,  as  settlements  thickened  and  inroads 
were  made  into  these  forests  the  wild  animals  became  shy 
and  receded  before  the  march  of  the  sturdy  settlers. 

The  father  of  these  stalwart  boys,  mindful  of  their  com¬ 
ing  wants,  as  they  might  desire  to  settle  in  homes  of  their 
own  and  rear  families,  had  made  his  own,  by  ample 
purchases,  sufficient  quantities  of  land  to  give  each,  one 
hundred  acres. 

His  three  oldest,  Ezra,  Zachariah  and  Prentiss  he  set¬ 
tled  in  the  town  of  Manlius,  now  DeWitt.  His  fourth 


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son,  Ethel,  settled  in  Manlius,  but  he  soon  sold  his  one 
hundred  acres  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Cicero.  Zebu- 
Ion  and  Moses ,  twins,  were  settled  in  the  town  of  Locke, 
Cayuga  County,  but  the  location  not  suiting  them  the  land 
was  sold,  and  they  settled  in  the  town  of  Cicero.  This 
town  has  since  been  divided,  and  one  of  the  hundred  acres 
lies  in  the  town  of  Clay.  His  seventh  son,  Joshua ,  also 
settled  in  the  town  of  Cicero.  His  eighth  son,  Cyrus ,  was 
settled  in  Manlius.  His  ninth  son,  Japheth  was  settled  in 
what  is  now  the  town  of  Clay,  on  a  hundred  acres  adjoin¬ 
ing  that  of  his  brother  Moses.  His  tenth  son,  Palmer , 
was  not  of  age  at  the  death  of  his  father,  but  was  provided 
by  will  with  a  farm  in  the  town  of  Cicero. 

The  oldest  daughter,  Rachel ,  was  married  to  William 
Williams,  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Manlius. 

The  youngest  daughter,  Comfort ,  married  Jerry  Spring- 
sted,  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Cicero. 

Cyrus  Kinne ,  Esq.,  died  Aug.  8th,  1808,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-two  years.  He  left  a  large  farm  lying  on  the  north 
side  of  the  road  running  through  the  village  of  Fayette¬ 
ville,  to  be  sold  and  the  avails  of  the  same  to  be  divided 
among  his  children. 

The  first  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Manlius,  were  chiefly 
from  Hew  England.  Some  few  families  located  in  differ¬ 
ent  parts  of  the  town,  from  1790  to  1793;  but  it  was  not 
till  1794,  the  date  of  the  organization  of  the  county,  that 
Manlius  was  much  known  abroad.  In  that  year  settlers 
began  to  look  towards  it  as  a  desirable  place  to  locate  as  a 
residence. 

The  first  town-meeting  was  held  at  the  tavern  of  Benja¬ 
min  Morehouse,  April  1st,  1794.  Cyrus  Kinne  was  chosen 
Chairman,  and  Levi  Jerome  Secretary  of  this  meeting. 

In  every  sphere  in  which  Mr.  Kinne  was  called  to  act, 


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he  was  an  active  and  energetic  man.  In  looking  over  the 
minutes  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Fayetteville,  we  notice 
that  Gyrus  Kinne  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  persons 
in  the  organization  of  that  church  of  that  place,  then 
known  as  Manlius  Four  Corners. 

Cyrus  Kinne  and  Gersham  Breed  came  to  this  place  in 
1792,  and  were  soon  followed  by  Daniel  Campbell.  These 
three,  in  company  with  Mrs.  Susanna  Ward,  formed  them¬ 
selves  into  a  conference  for  religious  worship,  maintaining 
covenant  meetings  and  enjoying  occasional  preaching. 

In  1798  three  young  men  were  added  to  the  conference, 
which  was  soon  still  further  augmented  by  other  Christian 
families  who  had  moved  into  the  neighborhood.  Their 
first  meetings  were  of  necessity  held  in  private  dwellings, 
but  for  many  years  afterwards  were  held  in  the  wood  and 
stone  school  houses.  In  1804,  a  council  was  called,  at 
which  Father  Bennett  and  Elder  John  Peck  were  present, 
and  this  company  of  brethren  and  sisters,  in  number  about 
twenty,  were  recognized  as  a  regular  and  independent 
church.  In  attendance  at  this  meeting,  we  notice  the 
names  of  some  of  them.  Cyrus  Kinne,  Gersham  Breed, 
Daniel  Campbell,  Jabez  York,  Lewis  Sweeting,  John 
Jones,  Zopher  Ivnowlton,  Orris  Hopkins,  William  Breed, 
Allen  Breed,  Palmer  Breed,  Washington  Worden,  Susanna 
Ward,  Mary  Terrill,  Amelia  Breed,  Hannah  Breed,  Lucre- 
tia  Worden,  Mrs.  Kinne,  Elizabeth  Hopkins  and  Walter 
Worden.  Brother  Gersham  Breed  was  licensed  as  preacher. 
In  1812  he  was  ordained  and  became  the  first  pastor  of 
the  church. 

Mr.  Kinne  was  notably  identified  with  the  early  history 
of  the  county,  was  one  of  the  first  Justices  of  the  Peace 
in  the  county,  and  tradition  says  he  married  the  first  couple 
that  were  married  in  the  town  of  Manlius. 


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Nearly  all  of  his  children  reared  large  families. 

Ezra ,  his  eldest  son,  married  Mary  Young ;  there  were 
born  to  them  twelve  children. 

Zacluiriah,  the  second  son,  married  Diadama  Barnes ;  to 
them  ten  children  were  born. 

Prentice  Kinne,  the  third  son,  married  Elizabeth  Kinne, 
a  distant  relative  ;  eleven  children  were  born  to  them. 

Ethel,  the  fourth  son,  married  a  Miss  Eaton  ;  five  chil¬ 
dren  were  born  to  them — four  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Zebulon,  the  fifth  son,  married  Lucy  Markham,  by 
whom  he  had  eight  children. 

Hoses,  the  sixth  son,  married  Betsey  Williams  ;  these 
reared  eight  children. 

Joshua ,  the  seventh  son,  married  a  Miss  Leach;  they 
reared  eight  children. 

Cyrus,  the  eighth  son,  married  Asenith  Warner ;  they 
reared  four  children. 

Japhcth,  the  ninth  son,  married  Temperance  Palmer  ; 
they  reared  four  children. 

Palmer,  the  tenth  son,  married  Polly  Carr ;  they  reared 
six  children. 

Rachel,  the  elder  of  the  two  daughters,  married  AYil- 
liam  Williams  ;  they  reared  four  children. 

Comfort ,  the  younger  daughter,  married  Jerry  Spring- 
sted  ;  they  reared  six  children. 

The  above  shows  Cyrus  Kinne  to  have  had  eighty-six 
grandchildren  arrive  at  maturity. 


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FAMILY  OF  PRENTICE  KINNE. 

As  shown  above,  the  grandfathers  of  Prentice  Kinne 
and  Elizabeth  Kinne  were  brothers,  and  hence  their  fathers 
were  cousins. 

They  were  married  January  16th,  1800,  at  the  home  of 
her  father,  in  the  town  of  Plainfield,  Connecticut.  In 
the  spring  of  1800  they  commenced  housekeeping  on  the 
farm  where  they  lived  the  remainder  of  their  lives. 

Mr.  Kinne  has  often  been  heard  to  say  that  he  was  the 
first  white  man  that  ever  struck  a  blow  on  his  hundred 
acres,  unless  it  was  done  by  a  surveyor. 

The  farm  was  cleared  and  made  very  productive,  and 
became  the  home  of  a  large  and  happy  family. 

Julius  C.,  the  oldest  son,  was  born  October  19th,  1802. 

He  and  Mrs.  Rachel  Willard  were  married  October, 
1831.  They  had  five  children,  four  sons  and  a  daughter; 
two  of  the  sons  died  in  childhood. 

Emerson ,  the  second  son,  was  born  February  16th,  1804. 

He  and  Miss  Janet  Luddington  were  married  May  23rd, 
1833.  They  have  no  living  children. 

Marvin ,  the  third  son,  born  March  4th,  1806,  died  Feb¬ 
ruary  23rd,  1813. 

Eunice ,  the  oldest  daughter,  was  born  October  22nd, 

1807,  and  was  married  to  Wesley  Bailey,  August  23rd, 
1833.  There  were  born  to  them  six  children,  three  of 
whom  died  in  childhood. 

Mason  Prentice ,  the  fourth  son,  born  November  30th, 

1808,  was  married  to  Mary  Jane  Spaulding,  1840.  They 
had  five  children,  two  of  them  died  in  childhood. 

Ethridge,  the  fifth  son,  was  born  May  26th,  1810. 

He  married  Sophronia  Young,  October  17th,  1837. 
There  were  born  to  them  six  children — three  sons  and 
three  daughters  ;  one  son  and  one  daughter  died  young. 


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X.  Hildreth,  the  sixth  son,  whs  born  March  20th,  1812, 
and  married  Diantha  Kinne. 

There  were  born  to  them  four  children — three  sons  and 
a  daughter;  one  son  and  the  daughter  died  in  infancy. 

Their  son,  Eugene ,  lived  to  manhood. 

Emily ,  the  second  daughter,  born  December  4th,  1813, 
married  Curran  Elms,  and  had  seven  children — four  sons 
and  three  daughters. 

t Salome ,  third  daughter,  born  May  8th,  1815,  married 
Dewitt  C.  Peck,  October  29th,  1840,  and  had  seven  chil¬ 
dren,  six  sons  and  a  daughter.  Two  sons  died  in  childhood. 

Atlas,  the  seventh  son,  born  May  27th,  1817,  and  mar¬ 
ried  Renette  Palmer,  May  8,  1839.  He  died  March  15th, 
1845. 

Ansel,  the  eighth  son,  born  May  17th,  1820,  married 
Emma  Merrick,  October  16,  1849.  There  were  born  to 
them  seven  children,  three  sons  and  four  daughters ;  one 
son  and  one  daughter  died  in  childhood. 

George  N.,  the  ninth  son,  and  by  the  second  marriage, 
was  born  January  24th,  1829. 

There  are  now,  March  13,  1879,  thirty-one  living  chil¬ 
dren  of  the  second  generation  of  Prentice  Kinne. 

Having  thus  briefly  traversed  the  line  of  our  ancestry 
through  seven  generations,  it  is  deemed  desirable  and  pro¬ 
per,  to  pause  and  review,  giving  more  extended  notes,  from 
personal  knowledge  and  observation,  of  the  histories  and 
incidents  connected  with  the  family  of  our  parents,  Pren¬ 
tice  and  Elizabeth  Kinne,  of  revered  and  blessed  memory  ! 

As  one  that  knew  Prentice  Kinne  better,  and  recollects 
more  of  him  than  any  other  person  now  living,  I  deem  it 
not  out  of  place  to  commit  some  of  these  recollections  to 
paper. 

My  earliest  remembrance  of  my  father  was  at  the  burial 


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of  my  grandfather,  Cyrus  Kinne,  in  the  year  1808,  when  I 
was  four  years  old. 

I  very  clearly  recall  seeing  my  father  with  three  of  his 
brothers  act  as  hearers,  taking  up  the  coffin  at  the  house 
and  lowering  it  into  the  grave.  Some  years  later  I  learned 
that  this  was  done  at  the  request  of  grandfather,  something 
very  unusual  at  this  late  day. 

A  few  years  later,  in  1812,  I  remember  seeing  him  when 
he  commanded  a  train  band,  and  a  little  later  when  he 
was  second  in  command  of  a  regiment  during  the  war.  lie 
had  no  difficulty  in  gaining  and  holding  the  attention  of  his 
command.  In  illustration  of  this  fact,  I  will  here  relate  an 
incident  that  occurred  during  the  war  of  1812  and  1815. 
At  one  time  the  British  effected  a  landing  at  Oswego,  took 
possession  of  the  garrison,  drove  our  force  out  of  the  place 
and  destroyed  the  government  property.  The  country  be¬ 
came  alarmed.  The  military  of  Onondaga  County  was 
called  out  and  ordered  to  repair  to  Oswego  as  soon  as  pos¬ 
sible.  The  regiment  was  commanded  by  Col.  Thaddeus 
M.  Wood.  A  short  time  previous  to  this,  my  father  had 
been  promoted  from  a  captaincy  to  the  second  in  command 
of  the  regiment.  His  commission  had  been  forwarded  to 
the  County  Clerk’s  office,  then  at  Onondaga  Hollow,  but 
lie  had  not  taken  it  from  the  office,  consequently  was  not  in 
command.  But  he  resolved  to  go  as  a  private.  He  set  my 
older  brother  and  myself  to  molding  bullets,  which  he  put 
into  a  bag,  and  the  powder  into  a  flask,  shouldered  his  tire- 
lock  and  started  for  Salt  Point,  as  it  was  then  called,  the 
regiment  having  been  ordered  to  rendezvous  at  this  place, 
thence  to  proceed  to  Oswego.  Col.  Wood  seeing  my  father 
without  his  uniform,  remonstrated  with  him  for  so  appear¬ 
ing.  Father  replied  that  lie  was  not  in  commission,  to 
which  Col.  Wood  said  “  You  are  not  going  in  this  way. 


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You  send  home  for  your  uniform  and  I  will  send  to  the 
Clerk’s  otliee  for  your  commission.  It  was  so  arranged. 
The  troops  were  placed  on  board  boats.  There  being  but 
little  wind  the  boats  had  to  be  propelled  mostly  by  oars, 
hence  but  slow  progress  made.  The  men  at  the  oars  com¬ 
plained  and  wished  to  be  relieved.  The  soldiers  refused  to 
assist,  saying  their  work  was  to  tight,  not  to  row  boats. 
Father  seeing  the  situation,  and  being  in  command  on  that 
boat,  arose,  drew  his  sword  and  addressed  them  thus  : — 
“  Fellow  Soldiers :  This  is  no  time  to  parley  or  hesitate. 
We  are  called  upon  to  drive  an  invading  enemy  from  our 
soil.  They  have  gained  a  foothold.  We  know  not  but  they 
may  be  now  burning  and  pillaging  the  homes  of  our  citi¬ 
zens.  It  is  as  much  our  business  to  get  where  they  are,  as 
to  tight  them  when  we  are  there.  Let  me  not  see  a  man 
refuse  to  take  his  turn  at  the  oar.  I  am  one  with  you  and 
will  take  my  turn.”  There  was  no  more  holding  Ijack ; 
every  man  was  ready  to  do  his  share. 

In  1814  the  services  of  the  militia  were  again  in  requisi¬ 
tion.  Gen.  Brown,  then  in  command  at  Sachets  Harbor, 
suspecting  the  design  of  the  enemy  to  be,  to  attack  that 
place  by  crossing  over  from  Canada,  a  requisition  was  made 
by  the  Governor,  and  the  military  were  called  out.  Col. 
Wood  was  first  in  command  and  Major  Kinne  second.  The 
regiment  was  ordered  to  rendezvous  at  Manlius  Tillage. 
Thence  the  regiment  marched  by  way  of  Rome  to  Smith’s 
Mills,  a  place  some  twelve  or  fourteen  miles  distant  from 
Sachets  Harbor.  Here  the  regiment  encamped  and  await¬ 
ed  orders.  During  the  encampment,  Col.  Wood  being  ill, 
the  command  devolved  upon  Major  Kinne.  By  this  timely 
caution  and  preparation,  the  suspected  attack  was  prevent¬ 
ed,  and  after  a  month’s  service,  the  regiment  was  disbanded 
and  returned  by  way  of  Oswego  to  their  homes. 


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In  military  father  was  a  strict  disciplinarian,  and  this 
trait  was  prominent  in  the  government  of  his  family.  A 
look  or  a  tap  with  his  finger  was  generally  sufficient  to 
command  attention.  The  rod  was  sometimes  used,  but 
always  reluctantly.  I  have  often  seen  the  tears  course 
down  his  face  before  using  it.  lie  was  always  kind  and  lov¬ 
ing,  especially  so  to  our  excellent  mother,  always  enjoining 
upon  the  children  to  he  mindful  of  her  wants  and  make  her 
task  as  light  as  possible.  He  was  looked  upon  by  his 
neighbors  as  a  model  man,  in  his  family.  He  had  one 
fault,  and  who  is  without  faults  ?  I  speak  of  this  painfully 
and  reluctantly,  but  kindly.  He  sometimes  indulged  in  the 
use  of  ardent  spirits.  The  habit  was  formed  in  times, 
when  it  was  deemed  proper  for  the  best  of  men,  to  keep  it 
in  their  side-boards,  and  offer  it  to  their  friends  and  guests. 
Moreover,  social  men  were  even  more  apt  to  form  habits  of 
excess  in  this  respect,  than  others.  So  then  we  cast  kindly 
the  mantle  of  charity  over  this,  more  a  misfortune  than  a 
fault. 

Our  mother ,  Elizabeth  Kinne ,  was  the  daughter  of  Da¬ 
vid  Kinne,  of  Plainfield,  Windham  County,  Connecticut, 
who  was  the  son  of  Jeremiah  Kinne,  who  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  Kinne  2nd.  Jeremiah  was  a  brother  of  Moses 
Kinne,  who  was  the  father  of  Cyrus  Kinne,  our  grandfa¬ 
ther  on  father’s  side,  which  makes,  as  seen  in  the  first  part 
of  this  sketch,  our  grandfathers  cousins. 

In  1796,  while  my  father  was  on  a  visit  to  his  native 
place  in  Yoluntown,  Connecticut,  he  was  invited  to  visit 
the  family  of  David  Kinne,  of  Plainfield,  a  distance  of  fif¬ 
teen  miles.  There,  for  the  first  time,  he  saw  Elizabeth, 
who  in  time  became  his  wife.  My  father  has  often  said  to 
me  that  he  journeyed  to  Connecticut  five  consecutive  win¬ 
ters.  In  January,  1800,  he  was  married,  and  in  January, 


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l  SOI,  moved  to  Manlius,  Onondaga  County,  N.  Y.,  where 
they  commenced  housekeeping. 

In  October,  1802,  their  son  Julius  was  born.  Our  moth¬ 
er  inherited  a  strong  constitution,  possessed  great  powers  of 
endurance,  or  she  never  could  have  stood  the  hardships  and 
privations  incident  to  a  commencement  of  a  married  life  in 
a  wilderness  home.  I  well  recollect  her  in  my  childhood 
days.  Patient  and  untiring  in  her  devotion  to  her  children, 
always  pleasant,  she  never  permitted  to  pass,  unimproved, 
any  good  opportunity  of  inculcating  the  principles  of  truth¬ 
fulness  and  love  to  each  other.  So  soon  as  we  were  old 
enough  to  be  made  useful,  there  was  work  for  hands  to 
perform.  We  had  tasks  set  for  us  by  our  father,  when  he 
was  to  be  absent  on  buisness.  Left  alone,  our  work  would 
sometimes  become  irksome,  and  we  discouraged  and  often 
out  of  patience.  Our  mother  always  had  a  word  of  en¬ 
couragement  for  us,  sometimes  saying  we  were  getting 
along  finely,  and  our  task  would  soon  he  done,  and  father 
would  be  pleased  with  what  we  had  done.  I  never  heard  a 
word  drop  from  her  lips,  that  ran  counter  to  any  order  that 
our  father  had  given  us.  If  she  thought  he  was  too  severe 
in  his  requirements  of  us,  it  never  reached  our  ears.  She 
always  taught  us  to  be  obedient  to  every  command  he  gave 
us.  I  remember  on  some  occasions,  when  things  were  not 
pleasant,  mother’s  saying,  “  When  you  see  anything  wrong- 
in  others,  he  sure  to  avoid  it  in  yourselves.” 

Mother  was  born  and  reared  in  a  Christian  family,  but 
never  made  a  public  profession  of  religion,  yet  she  incul¬ 
cated  the  principles  of  Christianity  in  the  minds  of  her 
children,  by  both  example  and  precept,  always  prized  good 
conduct  above  riches,  and  has  often  been  heard  to  say  that 
it  was  her  prayer,  that  none  of  her  children  be  rich,  nor  did 
she  want  to  see  them  poor,  but  never  above  the  necessity 


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of  laboring  with  their  hands  for  their  bread.  She  died 
November  5th,  1820  in  the  forty-seventh  year  of  her  age, 
of  cancer  in  the  breast,  leaving  ten  children,  the  youngest, 
Ansel,  only  five  months  old.  Love  and  peace  to  her 
memory  ! 

In  1821  father  married  Eunice  Jones  of  Madison  Coun¬ 
ty,  formerly  a  resident  of  Preston,  Windham  County,  Con¬ 
necticut.  In  January,  1829,  a  son  was  born  to  them, 
George  N.  Kinne. 

Father  died  July  19,  1830,  in  the  fifty-seventh  year  of 
his  age.  Our  stepmother  was  a  good  woman  and  a  good 
mother  to  us  all,  and  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  she  was 
a  Christian.  She  died  October  22,  1858; 


FAMILY  OF  JULIUS  C.  KINNE. 

Julius  C.  Kinne ,  the  oldest  son  of  Prentice  Kinne,  as 
noted  above,  was  born  Oct.  19th,  1802. 

Inheriting  a  strong  constitution,  having  early  acquired 
habits  of  industry,  and  possessing  an  intuitive  perception  of 
right  and  duty,  he  soon  became  the  natural  reliance  of  his 
parents  for  their  young  and  numerous  family.  Owing  to 
this  fact,  and  the  meagre  facility  for  acquiring  an  education 
seventy  years  ago,  he  was  able  to  obtain  a  knowdedge  of 
only  the  elements  of  an  English  education. 

On  the  death  of  his  father,  which  occurred  at.  an  early 
period  of  his  majority,  the  responsibility  of  directing  affairs 
of  a  large  family  of  brothers  and  sisters  devolved  upon 
him,  a  responsibility  which  he  discharged  with  such  signal 
fidelity  that  the  young  members  came  to  regard  him  with 
mingled  feelings  of  paternal  and  fraternal  affection. 

Thoroughness  and  perseverance  were  the  characteristics 


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which  marked  every  transaction  of  his  life.  His  home,  Ms 
grounds  and  every  feature  of  his  farm  bore  evidence  of  this. 
Nor  were  his  business  relations  with  the  community  in  which 
he  lived  less  marked  by  these  traits.  Whatever  project  or 
enterprise  engaged  his  time  or  attention  engaged  the  whole 
of  it,  and  no  honorable  means  were  left  untried  until  suc¬ 
cess  had  crowned  his  efforts. 

He  was  a  close  observer  of  the  political  movements  of 
his  time  and  often  an  active  participant  in  their  strifes. 
Elected  to  the  Legislature  of  1845  and  again  to  that  of  1846, 
his  habits  of  industry  and  perseverance  did  not  desert  him 
there,  but  were  available  in  the  discharge  of  the  various 
legislative  duties  to  which  he  devoted  his  whole  energies. 
His  firm  and  consistent  course  while  here  fully  met  the 
views  of  his  constituents  and  won  the  confidence  of  Gover¬ 
nor  Wright — a  confidence  which  he  ever  appreciated  and 
never  betrayed.  With  the  interest  of  the  community  in 
which  he  had  always  lived  he  was  emphatically  identified. 
Upright  in  character,  sound  in  judgment,  his  advice  was 
often  sought.  Strong  in  his  sympathies  he  was  the  friend 
of  the  indigent  and  afflicted.  None  such  ever  turned  from 
his  door  unrelieved  where  relief  was  possible. 

Skilled  in  the  appliances  of  means  to  an  end  and  gener¬ 
ous  to  a  fault,  his  assistance  was  often  solicited  by  those  in 
perplexed  circumstances,  and  many  in  the  community  held 
him  in  grateful  remembrance  for  such  assistance. 

But  he  rests  from  his  labors,  having  died  as  he  lived,  with 
a  firm  confidence  in  a  just,  merciful  and  immutable  Prov¬ 
idence. 

His  death  occurred  August  5th,  1857.  A  widow  and 
three  children  survive  him.  The  widow  now  lives  with  her 
daughter,  Mrs.  Helen  Williams,  in  Muskegon,  State  of 
Michigan. 


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■Howard  A.,  the  oldest  son,  married  Hannah  Tobin  and 
moved  to  the  State  of  Iowa  in  1860,  where  he  now  resides. 
During  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  he  enlisted  in  a  regiment 
of  cavalry  that  was  raised  in  Iowa,  and  mustered  into  ser¬ 
vice,  he  went  with  the  brigade  commanded  by  General 
Sully  of  the  regular  army,  into  Dakota  Territory,  where 
he  did  service  against  the  Indians  and  suffered  untold  hard¬ 
ships  for  three  years,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  was  must¬ 
ered  out  of  the  service  with  credit  to  himself  as  a  soldier. 

Edward  1 the  second  son  of  Julius  C.  and  Rachel 
Ivinne,  was  horn  Feb.  9th,  1841,  in  DeWitt,  Onondaga 
County.  He  attended  the  High  School  of  Syracuse,  grad¬ 
uated  from  Cazenovia  Seminary,  Michigan  University,  and 
for  four  years  was  in  the  Columbia  Law  School  at  Wash¬ 
ington,  D.  C.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Supreme  Court  of 
that  District. 

In  1867  he  moved  to  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan,  was  admit¬ 
ted  to  the  bar  and  commenced  the  practice  of  law.  In  1868 
he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  United  States  Court. 

He  has  been  Recorder  and  District  Attorney,  and  was 
Mayor  of  the  city  of  Ann  Arbor  in  1875  and  re-elected  in 
1876. 

In  the  year  of  1867  he  married  Mary  C.  Hawkins, 
daughter  of  Judge  Gluey  Hawkins,  and  has  one  son.  Few 
young  men  have  a  finer  record  or  brighter  prospects. 


EMERSON  IvINNE. 

Emerson  Kinne,  the  second  son,  was  horn  Feb.  16th, 
1804.  By  referring  to  the  dates  of  birth  of  these  two 
brothers,  it  will  be  seen  that  their  ages  differ  only  by  six¬ 
teen  months,  so  that  they  grew  to  their  maturity  somewhat 


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as  twins,  in  sympathy,  in  purpose,  in  plans  and  in  enter¬ 
prise.  Botli  inheriting  good  constitutions,  subjected  to  the 
same  discipline,  enduring  similar  hardships,  privations  and 
disadvantages,  they  came  to  be  the  twofold  directors  and 
stalwart  leaders  of  the  numerous  family  of  growing  boys 
and  girls,  at  the  time  Julius  and  Emerson  reached  their  ma¬ 
jority.  Meagre  opportunities  for  an  education  coupled  with 
the  fact  that  they  were  the  chief  dependence  of  their  pa¬ 
rents  for  the  support  of  the  family,  their  education  was 
similarly  limited.  This  lack  felt  by  him,  Emerson  never 
sought  a  civil  office. 

The  first  he  ever  held  was  that  of  commissioner  of  high¬ 
ways  for  1832  in  the  old  town  of  Manilus.  Not  in  attend¬ 
ance  at  the  caucus  which  nominated  him,  he  was  much  sur¬ 
prised  when  informed  of  the  fact.  His  associates  were 
Reuben  H.  Bangs  and  Seth  Spencer. 

The  ticket  was  elected,  and  re-elected  in  1833,  but  ever 
after  that  he  declined  holding  any  office  in  the  town.  Af¬ 
ter  the  town  was  divided  his  residence  was  in  the  new  town 
of  De  Witt,  and  in  1848.  he  was  elected  one  of  the  asses¬ 
sors  of  the  town.  In  1S51,  lie  was  nominated  and  elect¬ 
ed  Supervisor,  but  was  not  at  the  caucus  that  put  him  in 
nomination.  He  was  elected  over  his  opponent,  Mr.  Jo¬ 
seph  Breed,  an  excellent  and  popular  man,  was  re-elected, 
with  very  little  opposition,  and  the  third  time  with  but  one 
opposing  vote.  This  closed  all  his  civil  services. 

He  was  often  called  upon  to  act  as  guardian  for  minor 
children,  and  in  settling  differences  between  individuals. 
As  executor,  or  administrator  he  settled  the  estates  of  sev¬ 
eral  persons.  Was  appointed  by  the  Chancellor,  the  gen¬ 
eral  guardian  of  four  of  the  minor  children  of  the  late 
Seth  Young,  namely,  Maria,  Cordelia,  William  and  Louisa 
Young,  with  power  to  divide  the  real  estate,  and  convey 


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the  same  by  title  deed.  He  was  appointed  executor  of  the 
will  of  the  late  Atlas  Kinne ;  also  of  the  will  of  the  late 
John  I.  Devoe,  and  administrator  of  the  will  of  the  late 
John  Devoe.  Appointed  also  administrator  of  the  estate 
of  the  late  Julius  C.  Kinne,  and  the  guardian  of  his  two 
sons,  Howard  and  Edward,  and  again,  administrator  of  the 
estate  of  the  late  George  N.  Kinne,  and  of  the  estate  of 
the  late  Zebulon  Kinne.  Nearly  all  of  these  were  settled 
to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  parties  interested. 

From  a  boy  up  he  took  an  interest  and  pride  in  military 
affairs.  It  may  be  that  this  tendency  was  inherited  or  in¬ 
spired  from  his  father,  who,  it  has  been  seen,  served  under 
several  commissions  previous  to  the  war  of  1812,  and  did 
some  service  in  that  war  as  second  in  command  of  a  regi¬ 
ment  at  Smith’s  Mills,  near  Sackets  Harbor,  in  1814.  In 
1828  he  was  commissioned  Ensign  of  a  company  of  infant¬ 
ry  by  acting  Governor  Nathaniel  Pitcher,  and  was  elected 
Lieutenant  in  1829,  and  Captain  in  1830.  In  1833  was 
elected  Major,  and  in  1834  Lieutenant  Colonel,  and  pro¬ 
moted  to  the  command  of  the  regiment  in  1835.  lie  was 
in  command  of  this  regiment  for  two  years,  and  it  was 
said  to  be  the  best  disciplined  regiment  in  the  brigade. 
This  compliment  was  bestowed  by  the  commandant  of  the 
brigade.  In  1837,  he  was  commissioned  Brigade  Inspector 
of  the  Twenty-seventh  Brigade  of  Infantry  of  the  State  of 
New  York.  As  an  officer  he  was  pleasant  and  affable, 
though  rigidly  strict  in  discipline.  It  has  been  said  of  him, 
that  his  presence  was  commanding,  his  bearing  dignified, 
his  decisions  generally  just  and  his  commands  inexorable. 
Another  said  of  him,  “  He  is  one  of  Nature’s  noblemen.” 

Politically,  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  during  the  Rebellion 
•  he  was  what  was  termed  a  war  Democrat,  sustaining  the 
Government  in  crushing  out  the  most  causeless  of  rebel- 


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lions,  and  nothing  but  his  age  prevented  his  taking  an  act¬ 
ive  part  in  it. 

In  1833,  he  married  Miss  Janet  Luddington.  They  have 
no  living  children.  In  1S31  he  made  a  public  profession 
of  religion  and  united  with  the  Baptist  Church  of  Syracuse, 
where  he  has  now  a  religious  home.  During  that  long- 
period,  lie  has  labored  in  his  humble  way  to  promote  the 
cause  of  Christ. 

In  1831  he  commenced  taking  the  Baptist  Register ,  then 
published  in  Utica,  and  lias  continued  to  do  so  through  all 
of  its  changes  up  to  the  present  time.  The  entire  publica¬ 
tion  for  fifty  years,  is  still  preserved  and  kept  for  the  bene¬ 
fit  of  some  person  into  whose  hands  it  may  fall. 

Caution  and  care,  prudence  and  push  have  characterized 
his  life  history,  and  this  character  has  impressed  itself  up¬ 
on  many  who  have  had  personal  knowledge  of  these  char¬ 
acteristics.  In  short,  his  whole  life  has  been  an  example 
of  rare  merit,  challenging  the  admiration  of  all  who  knew 
him. 

Marvin ,  the  third  son,  was  born  March  4,  1806  ;  was  a 
very  affectionate  and  kind-hearted  boy,  traits  well  remem¬ 
bered  and  appreciated  by  his  older  brothers.  He  did  not 
inherit  a  strong  constitution.  Ilis  death,  which  occurred 
February  23,  1813,  was  his  parents’  first  great  grief,  which 
was  deeply  shared  in  by  the  older  brothers. 

Eunice ,  the  oldest  daughter,  born  October  22nd,  1807, 
was  a  kind  and  dutiful  daughter,  laboring  untiringly  for 
the  welfare  of  the  youuger  members  of  the  family.  At 
the  age  of  thirteen  the  death  of  her  mother  occurred,  leav¬ 
ing  her  at  this  tender  age,  the  oldest  of  eight  children,  the 
youngest  a  babe  of  five  months.  Heroic  as  was  deemed 
the  struggle  of  the  older  boys,  mentioned  before,  it  had  its 
grand  counterpart  in  this  sister,  who  so  well  discharged  the 


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duties,  and  nobly  met  the  responsibilities,  now  newly  pre- 
eipitated  upon  her.  The  babe  of  live  months,  now  of  three¬ 
score  years,  desires  gratefully  to  record  this  tribute  to  bis 
sainted  sister’s  memory.  To  liipa,  she  was  more  than  a  sis 
ter.  To  her  care  and  kindness,  he,  doubtless,  owes  his  life, 
and  this  care  and  kindness  never  ceased  while  she  lived. 

She  was  united  in  marriage  with  Wesley  Bailey,  August 
23rd,  1833.  Mr.  Bailey  was  all  that  a  good  husband  and 
kind  father  could  be  to  his  family.  His  life  was  mainly 
spent  in  editing  and  publishing  papers,  especially  in  the  in¬ 
terest  of  Anti-slavery  and  Temperance. 

The  liberty  Press  and  Utica  Teetotaller  were  published 
in  Utica,  each  for  many  years.  See  app. 

There  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bailey  six  children, 
live  sons  and  one  daughter.  Two  sons  died  in  childhood, 
the  daughter,  Janet,  died  at  the  age  of  seven  years,  and 
was  a  lovely  little  girl.  Their  oldest  son,  E.  P.  Bailey, 
was  born  Oct.,  1834,  at  Manlius,  New  York.  His  early 
opportunity  for  an  education  was  well  improved.  His 
father  not  having  the  means  to  give  his  son  a  college  ed¬ 
ucation,  took  him  into  his  printing  office  at  an  early  age 
in  the  city  of  Utica,  there  to  learn  the  art  of  setting  type. 
He  soon  found  that  there  was  work  to  be  done  at  the  desk 
with  a  pen,  and  preferring  this  to  type-setting  he  was  of  tell¬ 
er  found  in  the  office  than  in  the  printing  room. 

Some  twenty-live  years  ago,  by  the  consent  of -his  father, 
he  left  the  office  of  the  Liberty  Press  for  the  Observer  office. 
The  Observer  was  owned  and  published  by  Mr.  Grove. 

After  working  in  that  office  for  a  number  of  years  he 
bought  an  interest  in  the  paper.  It  is  now  published  by  the 
firm  of  Grove  &  Bailey.  For  the  last  few  years  Mr.  Grove 
has  spent  most  of  his  time  in  New  York,  the  business  of 
the  office  being  conducted  almost  entirely  by  Mr.  Bailey. 


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As  :i  political  as  well  as  a  family  paper  it  stands  on  a  par 
with  any  paper  in  the  State.  It.  has  a  reputation  as  well 
as  an  influence  second  to  none. 

In  September,  1857,  he  married  Julia  S.  Wetherby, 
adopted  daughter  of  Emerson  and  Janet  Kinne.  There 
was  born  to  them  a  daughter,  Feb.  1st,  1860.  Mrs.  Bai¬ 
ley’s  health  soon  failed,  and  July  9th,  1860,  she  died,  leav¬ 
ing  a  sorrowing  husband  and  a  babe  that  never  knew  the 
care  of  a  mother.  In  1868  Mr.  Bailey  married  Miss  Han¬ 
nah  Chapman,  of  Utica. 

There  have  been  born  to  them  four  children,  three  sons 
and  a  daughter.  The  second,  named  Clinton,  died  in 
childhood.  Two  little  hoys  and  a  darling  little  daughter 
are  the  light  of  their  home.  Nettie ,  their  daughter,  now 
twenty  years  old,  is  making  herself  useful  in  the  loving 
care  she  has,  for  her  little  brothers  and  sister. 

Ansel  N.,  the  second  son  of  Eunice  and  Wesley  Bailey, 
horn  1835 ;  received  a  fair  education  and  went  into  his 
father’s  printing  office  with  his  older  brother,  E.  P.  Bailey, 
and  there  learned  the  art  of  printing  as  well  as  conducting 
a  newspaper.  In  1860  Mr.  Wesley  Bailey  left  Utica  and 
moved  to  Decorah,  Iowa,  and  there  published  the  Decorah 
Republican,  where  it  is  continued  by  his  two  younger  sons, 
Ansel  K.  and  Alvan  Stewart.  In  1858  Ansel  married  Miss 
Sarah  Uigham,  of  Utica.  There  were  born  to  them  four 
children,  three  sons  and  one  daughter,  the  latter  was  born 
in  Utica  Jan.  9th,  1860;  their  sons  Edwin  and  Arthur  K., 
were  born  in  Decorab. 

Ansel  K.  Bailey,  County  Treasurer  for  some  time  and 
Postmaster  for  several  years,  is  regarded  as  a  useful  man 
in  the  community,  is  highly  respected  as  upright  in  charac¬ 
ter  and  sound  in  judgement. 


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Alvan  Stewart  Bailey  is  with  his  brother  Ansel  in  the 
publishing  of  the  Decorah  Republican ,  and  both  are 
prospering. 


FAMILY  OF  MASON  P.  KINNE. 

Mason  P.,  fourth  son  of  Prentice  Kinne,  was  born  in 
Manlius — now  DeWitt,  Nov.  30th,  1808.  He  received  as 
good  an  education  as  the  common  schools  of  that  early  day 
afforded,  and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm  until  the  death 
of  the  latter,  when  there  was  added  to  the  old  farm  more 
land,  and  thus  enlarged  it  was  conducted  by  the  live  older 
brothers  in  the  interest  of  the  entire  family. 

This  was  continued  for  several  years  to  the  mutual  satis¬ 
faction  of  all,  and  they  were  known  and  spoken  of  at  home 
and  abroad  as  the  “Kinne  hoys.” 

The  two  older  brothers,  Julius  and  Emerson,  having 
married,  it  was  thought  best  to  separate.  Mason,  Elbridge 
and  Hildreth  retaining  the  old  farm,  having  already  pur¬ 
chased  the  interest  of  all  that  had  arrived  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years,  with  the  understanding  that  they  were 
to  secure  the  interest  of  all  the  minor  heirs  as  they  ar¬ 
rived  at  a  proper  age,  so  that  the  old  farm  might  not  he 
divided.  This  was  accomplished  amicably  and  satisfactorily. 

The  farming  interest  was  conducted  by  these  three 
brothers  for  several  years. 

On  Jan.  30th,  1840,  Mason  P.  married  Mary  Jane 
Spaulding,  of  Clarkson,  Monroe  County.  There  were 
born  to  them  five  children,  four  sons  and  a  daughter.  The 
daughter  and  a  son  died  young,  the  daughter  at  about  four 
years  of  age  and  the  son,  Ansel,  at  thirteen. 

Charles  Mason,  their  eldest  son,  horn  April  11th,  1841, 


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graduated  from  the  Syracuse  High  School  Jan.  1859,  and 
immediately  sailed  for  San  Francisco,  California,  where  he 
was  employed  in  an  agricultural  warehouse  until  1862, 
when,  as  a  member  of  the  “California  Hundred,”  he  came 
out  with  that  body,  equipped  at  their  own  expense,  enlisted 
and  sailed  from  San  Francisco  for  Boston.  Here  the  com¬ 
pany  tendered  their  services  to  Gov.  Andrew  and  were 
mustered  into  service,  being  joined  to  the  2d  Massachusetts 
Cavalry. 

lie  was  in  over  forty  battles,  and  was  once  wounded. 
For  his  gallantry  he  was  made  Captain  and  Asst.  Adj. 
Gen.  of  the  Regular  Brigade,  First  Cavalry  Division  under 
Gen.  Gibbs.  He  was  urged  to  remain  in  the  regular  army 
but  lie  declared  that  the  work  for  which  he  enlisted  and 
volunteered  was  accomplished,  viz  :  the  Rebellion  put  down. 
He  received  an  honorable  discharge  with  a  recommend  for 
brevet  Major  for  faithful  service  and  meritorious  conduct. 
He  came  home  in  July,  1865,  and  remained  until  the  fol¬ 
lowing  spring  when  he  returned  to  California  with  a  wife 
and  one  child.  They  now  have  three  children,  one  son  and 
two  daughters.  Already,  at  the  age  of  forty,  his  enterprise 
and  push  have  won  him  a  competence  and  an  honorable 
standing  in  the  community.  (See  app.) 

Porter  S.,  the  second  son,  was  a  student  in  the  High 
School  of  Syracuse  ;  studied  medicine,  and  is  now  practic¬ 
ing  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  He  married  Amelia  Smylie, 
of  Paterson  ;  they  have  two  children. 

Arthur ,  the  third  son,  graduated  from  the  High  School 
of  Syracuse ;  studied  medicine  as  a  profession  and  is  now 
practicing  in  the  city  of  Syracuse.  He  married  Julia  Smy¬ 
lie  Oct.  14th,  1880. 

Mason  P.  Kinne  now  resides  on  a  part  of  the  old  farm. 
He  has  ever  been  an  industrious  business  man,  never  seek- 


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ing  notoriety,  but  has  been  called  to  discharge  the  duties 
of  several  offices  of  the  town,  such  as  Assessor  for  ten  years, 
Commissioner  of  Highways  and  Town  Superintendent  of 
Common  Schools.  Mr.  Kinne  always  voted  the  Democratic 
ticket  until  1853,  since  that  time  he  has  voted  with  the  Re¬ 
publican  party.  He  lias  exemplified  the  character  of  a 
consistent  Christian. 


FAMILY  OF  ELBRIDGE  KINNE. 

Elbridge ,  the  fifth  son,  was  born  in  Manlius,  May  26th, 
1810.  Oct.  17th,  1837,  he  married  Sophronia  Young, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Seth  Young,  of  Dewitt,  Onondaga  county. 
There  were  born  to  them  six  children,  three  sons  and  three 
daughters.  Their  oldest,  Theodore  Y.,  was  a  graduate  of 
the  High  School  of  Syracuse ;  studied  medicine  and  com¬ 
menced  practice  in  Syracuse  in  the  office  of  the  late  Dr. 
Clary.  He  volunteered  as  Asst.  Surgeon  in  the  Union 
army  against  the  Rebellion;  served  in  Virginia;  went 
with  his  corps  to  Texas,  and  in  July,  1865,  received  an  hon¬ 
orable  discharge.  He  returned  home  and  the  next  spring 
commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  again,  and  located 
in  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  he  now  resides  doing  a 
prosperous  business.  He  is  not  only  a  successful  practi¬ 
tioner,  but  has  large  influence  in  the  community  where  he 
resides.  He  was  once  chosen  to  read  a  paper  before  the 
Society  of  Homeopathists,  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 
He  was  again  chosen  to  address  the  National  Association 
at  Philadelphia.  In  September,  1861,  he  married  Ella 
Nottingham,  of  DeWitt.  There  were  born  to  them  three 
children,  a  son  and  two  daughters. 

Willie,  oldest  son  of  T.Y.,  was  drowned  while  bathing  in 


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the  river,  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  lie  was  a  very  promis¬ 
ing  and  cultured  young  student. 

Eliza ,  oldest  daughter  of  Elbridge,  was  married  to  B.  F. 
Barker,  a  young  clergyman  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  June  4th, 
1.803.  They  have  four  children,  three  sons  and  a  daughter. 

Sop/ironia  Janet,  the  second  daughter  of  Elbridge,  born 
September  15th,  1844,  is  a  teacher  of  music,  and  a  consistent 
Christian  lady  and  dutiful  daughter. 

E.  Olin ,  second  son,  now  living,  was  a  graduate  of 
the  High  School  of  Syracuse,  the  University  of  the  same 
place,  and  of  the  Medical  College  of  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan. 
He  is  now  practicing  medicine  in  Syracuse,  the  eye  and 
ear  being  a  specialty  with  him.  He  is  said  to  be  a  very 
thorough  student. 

Cornelia ,  a  little  daughter,  died  in  childhood. 

Albert,  never  a  healthy  child,  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen. 

Elbridge  Kinne,  has  ever  resided  on  the  old  farm.  In¬ 
heriting  a  strong  constitution,  he  has  ever  been  a  laborious 
man,  and  in  every  place  in  farm  work  could  lead  where  any 
could  follow.  Never  ambitious  for  office,  he  has  often 
been  elected  to  till  some  of  the  first  offices  of  his  town,  as 
Supervisor,  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Assessor  for  several 
years.  In  1831  he  made  a  public  profession  of  religion 
and  united  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  where  he 
has  ever  maintained  a  consistent,  Christian  character,  and 
for  over  forty  years  has  held  official  positions  in  the  church 
and  borne  its  burdens  through  all  these  years.  He  has  been 
class-leader  in  the  church  for  over  forty  years  and  clerk  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  same  for  forty-eight  years,  and 
been  present  at  every  meeting  of  the  board  except  two, 
from  which  he  was  detained  by  personal  sickness.  Politi¬ 
cally  a  Democrat,  he  has  voted  with  the  Republican  party 
ever  since  its  formation. 


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FAMILY  OF  N.  HILDRETH  KINNE. 

N.  Hildreth ,  the  sixth  son  of  Prentice ,  was  horn  March 
20th,  1812.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one,  was  in  company 
with  his  older  brothers  on  a  large  farm  for  several  years, 
and  was  prosperous  in  the  business.  During  this  time  he 
was  tendered  the  captaincy  of  a  rifle  company,  attached  to 
the  176th  Regiment  of  Infantry,  commanded  by  his  broth¬ 
er  Emerson.  He  was  not  a  member  of  this  company  at 
this  time,  "but  accepted  the  offer,  was  elected  and  commis¬ 
sioned.  He  uniformed  the  company  at  his  own  expense ; 
presented  it  with  a  beautiful  stand  of  colors  emblematical 
of  the  corps.  The  company  soon  attained  a  high  rank  in 
point  of  discipline,  second  to  none  in  the  regiment.  He 
was  assisted  in -this  by  his  Lieutenant,  D.  C.  Peck.  About 
this  time  he  severed  his  interest  with  his  brothers,  took  his 
means  and  purchased  a  dairy  farm  in  Oswego  County,  and 
remained  there  a  few  years,  when,  his  health  failing,  he 
sold  and  came  to  the  city  of  Syracuse  to  reside.  lie  was 
elected  one  of  the  Coroners  of  the  County.  In  1860,  his 
health  having  somewhat  improved,  he  ■  moved  to  Eaton 
County,  Michigan,  on  to  a  small  farm,  where  he  now  re¬ 
sides.  In  the  the  year  1840,  March  9th,  N.  II.  and  Dian- 
tha  Kinne  were  married.  There  were  born  to  them  four 
children,  two  dying  in  infancy. 

Eugene ,  their  oldest  son,  arrived  at  mature  age,  and  was 
a  faithful  hoy  and  a  good  scholar.  He  assisted  his  father 
on  the  farm  in  the  summer  seasons,  and  taught  school  in 
the  winter.  Never  very  robust,  his  health  failed,  and  he 
died  August  7th,  1877. 

Emerson ,  their  second  son,  is  an  excellent  hoy,  has  al¬ 
ways  been  on  the  farm  with  his  father,  and  is  now  his  main 
reliance. 

N.  Hildreth  made  a  public  profession  of  religion  in  the 


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year  1862,  and  united  with  the  Baptist  Church  of  Syracuse, 
and  lias  ever  been  a  devoted  Christian,  fie  has  suffered 
much  from  impaired  health,  and  for  the  last  live  years,  has 
been  almost  entirely  confined  to  the  house.  There  he  is, 
prostrated  and  helpless,  with  little  hope  of  ever  mingling 
with  the  busy  world  and  enjoying  its  activities,  patiently 
waiting  for  the  call  to  that  rest  promised  to  the  faithful. 


FAMILY  OF  EMILY  KINNE. 

Emily ,  the  second  daughter,  born  December  4th,  1813, 
was  married  to  Mr.  Curran  Elms,  a  mechanic.  They  set¬ 
tled  in  Fayetteville.  There  were  born  to  them  seven  chil¬ 
dren,  four  sons  and  three  daughters.  They  moved  from 
Fayetteville  to  YanBuren  County,  Michigan,  and  bought  a 
small  farm,  on  which  father  and  sons  labored  until  the  Re¬ 
bellion,  when  the  two  oldest  sons,  George  and  Byron  en¬ 
listed,  joined  the  army,  were  with  Gen.  Sherman  on  his 
great  “  march  to  the  sea,”  and  earned,  each  of  them  a  com¬ 
mission.  At  the  close  of  the  war  they  were  honorably  dis¬ 
charged. 

George  is  married  and  is  living  on  a  farm  near  Jackson, 
Michigan. 

Byron  is  a  mechanic  and  lives  in  Chicago. 

Frederick ,  their  third  son  is  a  salesman  in  a  store  for  the 
sale  of  agricultural  implements,  in  Charlotte,  Michigan. 

Jules,  their  fourth  son,  has  recently  graduated  as  a 
Homeopathic  M.  D.,  is  married  and  has  one  child,  a  daugh¬ 
ter.  He  is  expecting  to  settle  in  tfie  West  as  a  practicing 
physician.  More  recently  his  brother,  Byron,  has  gradu¬ 
ated  as  a  physician  of  the  same  school. 

Lottie,  their  oldest  daughter,  married  the  Rev.  Mr.  Yal- 


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entine,  and  lives  in  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  Her  two 
sisters,  Lois  and  Florence  live  with  her  most  of  the  time, 
are  unmarried,  Florence  teaching  in  one  of  the  schools  of 
the  same  place. 

Their  mother,  our  sister  Emily ,  died  in  the  Spring  of 
1877.  Mr.  Elms  is  still  living  in  Kalamazoo  County, 
Michigan,  at  seventy  years  of  age,  hale  and  hearty. 


FAMILY  OF  SALOME  KINNE. 

Salome ,  the  third  daughter  of  Prentice  and  Elizabeth 
Kinne ,  was  born  May  8th,  1815,  and  married  DeWitt  C. 
Peck,  October  29th,  1840.  There  were  born  to  them 
seven  children,  six  sons  and  a  daughter. 

Herbert  D.  was  born  April  2nd,  1842.  Attending  the 
High  School  of  Syracuse  and  the  Cazenovia  Seminary,  he 
was  in  possession  of  a  good  education,  when  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two  he  entered  the  United  States  Army  as  2nd 
Lieutenant  in  Company  E,  New  York  Cavalry.  He  was 
mustered  in  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  January  30th,  1864.  Af¬ 
ter  participating  in  several  engagements  in  the  Wilderness 
and  at  other  points,  on  the  march  of  Grant’s  army  towards 
Petersburg,  he  was  captured  at  Ream’s  Station,  June  28th, 
1864,  while  engaged  in  Wilson’s  raid  on  the  Weldon  and 
Petersburg  Railroad.  Lieut.  Peck’s  prison  life  among  the 
Rebels  embraced  limited  periods,  at  Libby,  Macon,  Savan¬ 
nah,  Charleston,  Columbia  and  Wilmington  prison,  where 
he  was  paroled  March  1st,  1865.  Lee’s  surrender  having 
canceled  his  parole,  he  came  home  on  a  furlough,  remained 
a  short  time,  then  returned  and  joined  his  regiment.  Soon 
after  he  received  a  Captain’s  commission,  and  remained  in 


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Virginia  on  Provost  duty  until  August,  1865,  when  his 
regiment  was  mustered  out. 

He  was  married  to  Amanda  Burns,  of  Richmond,  Ohio, 
and  three  children  have  been  born  to  them.  They  now  re¬ 
side  in  Steubenville,  Ohio.  For  some  years  he  was  en¬ 
gaged  in  a  coal  mine  at  Rush  Run,  now  in  mercantile 
trade. 

Albert  D.,  their  second  son,  was  born  May  13th,  1846. 
Reared  on  the  farm,  educated  in  the  district  school,  at  the 
Syracuse  High  School,  and  at  Cazenovia  Seminary.  He 
married  Augusta  Smurr,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  settled  on  a 
farm  in  Sac  County,  Iowa,  was  elected  Recorder  of  that 
County,  and  is  now  in  that  public  service  making  a  record 
creditable  to  himself. 

Clinton  G.,  their  third  son  now  living,  was  born  with  a 
twin  brother,  Charles  B.,  January  25th,  1852. 

Charles  died  April  6th,  1858. 

Edward  A.,  born  April  11th,  1849,  died  December  27tli, 
1857. 

Clinton  G.  was  reared  and  educated  as  were  the  broth¬ 
ers,  graduated  from  the  High  School,  Syracuse.  Spent  one 
summer  on  the  farm  in  Iowa,  with  his  brother  Albert, 
came  home  the  following  winter,  and  has  labored  on  the 
farm  with  his  father,  since.  In  June,  1878,  he  married 
Fannie  Ferris  of  DeWitt.  His  health  is  impaired,  and  he 
and  his  wife  spent  the  winter  of  ’79  and  ’80  in  the  State  of 
Iowa. 

Willard,  //.,  the  fourth  living  son  of  DeWitt  and  Sa¬ 
lome  Beck,  born  October  5tli,  1854,  educated  as  the  broth¬ 
ers  were,  has  spent  his  life  thus  far  on  the  farm  with  his 
father,  having  taught  school  some  in  winters.  He  now  re¬ 
sides  in  Iowa,  engaged  in  the  lumber  trade. 

Alary  E.,  the  only  daughter,  born  February  15,  1856,  is 


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well  educated,  a  graduate  from  the  High  School,  an  excel¬ 
lent  and  dutiful  daughter,  residing  at  home. 

DeWitt  C.  Peek  and  his  wife  Salome  made  a  profession 
of  religion  before  they  were  married,  and  united  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  where  they  have  led  exem¬ 
plary  and  devoted  Christian  lives,  the  influence  of  which 
has  not  been  lost  on  their  children,  or  the  community  in 
which  they  have  lived. 

Politically  Mr.  Peck  was  a  Whig,  casting  his  votes  with 
that  party  until  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party, 
with  which  he  has  acted  since.  He  has  been  elected  to 
several  offices  of  the  town,  but  they  have  been  imposed  up¬ 
on  him,  he  never  sought  them. 


FAMILY  OP  ATLAS  KINNE. 

Atlas ,  the  seventh  son  of  Prentice  and  Elizabeth  Kinne , 
was  born  May  27th,  1817.  He  obtained  a  good  common 
school  education,  and  added  thereto  somewhat  of  an  aca¬ 
demic  scholarship,  and  commenced  teaching  before  his  ma¬ 
jority.  Was  on  the  farm  with  his  brothers  some  after 
this,  hut  most  of  his  time  was  spent  in  teaching.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-two  he  was  married  to  Renette  Palmer  of 
Fayetteville,  Onondaga  County,  N.  Y.  There  were  no 
children  born  to  them. 

He  was  ambitious  and  energetic  beyond  his  strength, 
and  his  constitution  yielded  under  the  excessive  labor  and 
exposure  to  which  he  was  apt  to  subject  himself.  One  who 
knew  him  well  wrote,  after  his  death,  the  following: 

Died. — In  DeWitt,  Saturday  evening,  March  15,  1845, 
of  Consumption,  Mr.  Atlas  Kinne,  in  the  twenty-eighth 
year  of  his  age. 


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The  deceased  was  the  son  of  the  late  Prentice  Kinne 
Esq.,  and  a  member  of  a  family  of  twelve  children,  ten  of 
whom  were  living  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  is  the  first 
of  the  number  cut  down  in  the  vigor  of  manhood,  a  stroke 
that  is  most  deeply  felt  by  the  family,  and  mourned  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances.  Trained  to 
habits  of  industry,  active  and  intelligent,  as  well  as  ambi¬ 
tious,  he  had  promised  himself  much  from  this  world,  and 
few  have  fairer  hopes  than  he  had,  of  honorable  distinction 
with  their  fellowmen.  But  in  the  midst  of  fair  promises, 
he  was  called  to  contemplate  death,  to  think  of  the  spirit 
world  as  near  at  hand.  There  is  hope  that  repentance  and 
faith  had  their  perfect  work  ;  that  reconciled  and  renewed, 
his  affections,  though  late,  were  set  on  things  above.  He 
has  left  a  devoted  wife  to  mourn  thus  early,  the  loss  of  one 
on  whom  she  had  fixed  her  dearest  earthly  hopes  and  fond¬ 
est  expectations. 


FAMILY  OF  ANSEL  E.  KINNE. 

Ansel E .,  the  eighth  son  of  Prentice  Kinne,  was  born  May 
17th,  1820,  received  a  good  common  school  education,  pre¬ 
pared  for  College  at  the  Cazenovia  Seminary  at  the  age  of 
twenty-four,  and  has  spent  most  of  his  life  in  teaching. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-nine,  in  October,  1849,  he  married 
Emma  Merrick  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

From  1855  to  1864  he  taught  one  of  the  city  schools. 
Receiving  an  appointment  from  Gen.  Saxton  as  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  Freedmcn,  at  Fernandina,  Florida,  he  entered 
upon  its  duties  in  Jan.  1864.  In  1865  he  removed  his 
family  to  Florida,  remaining  there  two  years  in  charge 
of  freedmen  and  their  schools  when  he  received  the  ap¬ 
pointment  of  State  Superintendent  of  Schools  for  Florida. 
This  appointment  was  declined  and  he  returned  to  Syra¬ 
cuse,  and  in  Nov.,  1867,  re-entered  the  school  room  as 


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teacher  where  he  now  remains,  having  taught  in  Syracuse 
twenty-two  years  in  all. 

There  have  been  born  to  them  seven  children,  three  sons 
and  four  daughters  ;  one  son  and  one  daughter  died  in 
childhood. 

Charles  U  Kinne ,  the  oldest  son,  received  his  education 
in  the  schools  of  Syracuse,  ending  with  the  High  School. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  returned  to  Florida  as  private 
secretary  to  Gov.  Reed.  At  the  expiration  of  Gov.  Reed’s 
term  of  office  lie  returned  home  and  engaged  in  clerical 
duties  until  the  spring  of  1875,  when  his  health  became 
impaired  and  for  relief  was  advised  to  go  to  Florida.  There 
he  somewhat  regained  his  health,  and  in  April,  1877,  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Reddy,  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Reddy, 
of  Syracuse,  New  York.  He  still  resides  in  Florida,  en¬ 
gaged  in  a  large  hardware  store  as  bookkeeper.  They  have 
one  son  nearly  two  years  of  age,  Ansel  Reddy  Kinne. 

Lucius  M.  Kinne ,  the  second  son,  born  Aug.  1855,  also 
received  his  education  in  the  schools  of  Syracuse,  ending 
his  school  days  in  the  High  School.  He  has  been  engaged 
in  a  bank  for  eight  years  and  is  now  teller  in  the  Trust  and 
Deposit  Company  of  Onondaga. 

Mary  A.  Kinne ,  the  eldest  daughter,  born  Sept.,  1860; 
graduated  at  the  High  School  in  June,  1880,  and  is  now 
finishing  her  education  in  doing  and  learning  to  do  house¬ 
work. 

Kittie  E.  Kinne ,  the  second  daughter,  born  July,  1862  ; 
graduated  at  the  High  School  in  June,  1880,  and  is  now 
taking  a  course  in  a  teachers’  training  class. 

Chlohelle  Kinne ,  the  third  daughter,  born  June,  1868, 
is  now  in  her  father’s  school  preparing  for  the  High 
School,  which  she  may  enter  in  1882,  if  life  and  success  in 
preparation  are  granted  her. 


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These  children  have  responded  to  the  care  and  culture, 
such  as  their  parents  have  been  permitted  to  give  them,  in 
a  manner  that  indicates  affectionate  loyalty  to  family  rela¬ 
tion  and  a  proper  respect  to  its  claims. 


GEORGE  N.  KINNE. 

George  JST.,  the  ninth  son  of  Prentice  Kinne,  and  by  the 
second  marriage,  was  born  Jan.  24th,  1829.  Up  to  the 
age  of  ten  years  he  was  a  smart,  active,  intelligent  boy  ;  at 
that  time  his  mental  as  well  as  his  physical  powers  seemed 
to  pause  in  their  development,  and  indeed,  never  resumed 
a  healthy  or  vigorous  growth  or  improvement. 

Soon  after  his  death  the  following  obituary  appeared  in 
print,  which  Avas  truthful  to  the  letter : 

Died. — In  Dewitt,  Onondaga  County,  on  the  8th  of  ISTov., 
1856,  of  typhoid  fever,  Mr.  George  N.  Kinne,  in  the  28th 
year  of  his  age. 

Candor  and  conscientiousness  with  entire  truthfulness, 
Avere  elements  of  character  which  shone  through  the  life 
of  the  deceased.  He  was  religiously  inclined  from  early 
youth,  and  in  his  closing  hours  evinced  a  full  preparation 
for  the  life  which  is  to  come.  A  widowed  mother  and  many 
relatives  and  friends  are  deeply  afflicted  by  this  bereavement. 


FAMILY  OF  EZRA  KINNE. 

Ezra  Kinne ,  eldest  son  of  Cyrus  Kinne,  was  born  Jan. 
14th,  1778,  and  came  to  Manlius,  Onondaga  County,  New 
York,  Avith  his  father  as  stated  above.  In  1793  he  married 
Mary  Young  and  settled  in  the  same  town  where  they  lived 
and  died.  Mary,  his  wife,  died  in  1824,  and  Ezra  in  1829. 
Their  children,  twelve  in  number,  are  as  follows : 


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Hannah  Koine ,  born  Feb.  1795,  .married  James  Van- 
Slyke  and  died  in  1823.  Two  children,  Nancy  and  Emeline. 

Aaron  Kinne ,  oldest  son  of  Ezra,  was  born  Oct.  23d, 
1796.  He  married  Laura  Smith.  A  jeweller  by  trade,  he 
followed  the  business  for  many  years,  but  in  later  life,  he 
was  a  preacher  of  the  Universalist  persuasion.  He  resided 
in  Madison  County,  New  York,  for  several  years  and  re¬ 
moved  to  Illinois  where  he  died  in  1846.  They  reared  four 
children,  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

Harriet ,  the  oldest  daughter,  was  born  May  17th,  1820. 
She  married  a  clergyman  in  Illinois,  Rev.  Mr.  Gardner. 

Melissa ,  the  second  daughter,  married  and  lives  in 
Illinois. 

Thomas  -Jefferson,  the  eldest  son  of  Aaron,  was  in  the 
war  of  Secession  and  held  the  commissions  of  captain  and 
colonel,  and  acquitted  himself  with  honor. 

Since  the  war  he  has  been  engaged  by  the  government 
in  various  relations  to  the  Revenue  Department. 

In  that  connection  he  now  is,  and  located  in  Chicago, 
Illinois. 

When  mustered  out,  he  was  brevetted  Brig.  Gen.  for 
meritorious  conduct. 

He  was  appointed  Special  Agent  of  the  Revenue  De¬ 
partment  and  visited  all  the  principal  cities  of  the  United 
States. 

Elizabeth  Kinne,  second  daughter  of  Ezra  Kinne,  was 
born  Jan.  18th,  1799,  and  married  James  Breed  and  died 
in  1840.  They  had  several  children  ;  one  is  a  physician 
in  the  west,  perhaps  two,  and  are  prominent  men. 

Mary  Kinne,  third  daughter,  born  Dec.  12th,  1800 ; 
married  Quartus  Frost,  had  several  children,  and  died  in 
1835. 


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Situ  Kinnd,  fourtji  daughter,  born  Nov.  16th,  1802. 
Married  Hiram  Ti shell  Feb.,  1834,  and  died  in  1874. 

Cyru s  Kinne ,  second  son  of  Ezra,  was  horn  Aug.  16th, 
1804  ;  married  April  25th,  1824,  and  died  Dec.  1.7th,  1866. 

Justus  Ilult  Kinne ,  third  son  of  Ezra,  was  horn  Aug.. 
3d,  1S06 ;  married  Prudence  Harris  Dec.,  1S31,  and  died 
March  26th,  1868.  He  removed  to  Illinois  early  in  life 
and  became  a  substantial,  well-to-do  farmer.  One  son, 
James,  was  in  the  war,  and  was  mortally  wounded  and  died 
in  the  hospital. 

Thomas  Jetferson,  fourth  son  of  Ezra  Ivinne,  was  born 
May  3d,  1808.  He  married  Ann  Sargent  ;  was  a  jeweler 
and  removed  to  Illinois  about  the  time  his  brother  did  and 
became  the  possessor  of  a  fair  competence  in  the  pursuit  of 
his  trade  in  Joilet,  Illinois,  where  in  1872  he  died,  leaving 
his  widow  in  the  possession  and  pursuit  of  his  business. 
She  still  pursues  it  and  prospers.  They  had  no  children. 
Thomas  was  social,  free-hearted  and  jolly. 

Luke  Kinne ,  fifth  son  of  Ezra,  was  born  June  26th, 
1810 ;  married  Emeline  Stone,  a  very  estimable  lady,  Dec. 
25th,  1831.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  pursued 
for  many  years  the  trade  of  his  choice.  But  for  forty  years 
he  endeavored  to  preach  the  Gospel  to  others.  He  had 
been  a  professor  of  the  faith  for  many  years  previous  to 
entering  the  ministry.  He  died  in  the  triumph  of  the 
faith  May  25th,  1880. 

He  left  a  widow  and  several  children.  TIis  widow  still 
lives  and  has  a  home  with  her  youngest  son,  Sylvester 
Kinne,  at  Valparaiso,  Indiana. 

Sarah  Kinne ,  fifth  daughter  of  Ezra  Kinne,  was  born 
1811 ;  married  George  Hilts,  and  now.  lives  in  Manlius, 
Onondaga  County,  New  York. 


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Vasti  K'mne ,  sixth  daughter  of  Ezra  Kinne,  was  born 
1814;  married  Arvin  West. 

Itaphae!  K'mne ,  sixth  son  of  Ezra  Kinne,  was  born  July 
9th,  1817,  and  married  Matilda  Kinne,  a  distant  relative. 
He  now  lives  in  Arlington,  Knox  County,  Illinois. 


FAMILY  OF  ZACHAR1AII  KINNE. 

Zachariah  Kinne ,  the  second  son  of  Cyrus  Kinne,  was 
born  Feb.  24th,  1772,  in  Preston,  New  London  County, 
Connecticut.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  be  married 
Diadama  Barnes  in  Pompey,  Onondaga  County,  New  York, 
May,  1794,  and  settled  in  Fayetteville,  on  or  near  the  farm 
of  bis  father,  in  the  same  month  and  year.  He  was  temp¬ 
erate,  economical,  original  and  somewhat  eccentric.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  at  his  death,  which  occurred  July  1st, 
1850,  had  acquired  some  property,  and  assisted  to  settle  his 
numerous  family  not  remote  from  bis  own  home.  His 
children  were  thirteen  in  number,  eight  sons  and  five 
daughters. 

Diana ,  the  eldest  daughter,  was  born  May  29th,  1795, 
and  in  1815  married  Cromwell  Cook  and  settled  in  Salina, 
where  she  died  in  1840,  Dec.  25th. 

Rite ,  the  oldest  son,  was  born  April  1st,  1797,  and  mar¬ 
ried  Polly  Strong  Jan.  1st,  1817 ;  settled  in  DeWitt,  On¬ 
ondaga  County,  New  York,  where  he  died  Aug.,  1865. 

PZ tineas ,  the  second  son,  born  April  14th,  1799 ;  mar¬ 
ried  Elizabeth  Strong,  May,  1820;  settled  in  DeWitt;  was 
a  miller,  and  died  in  Manlius,  New  York,  1865. 

Ira,  the  third  son,  died  in  infancy. 

Mary ,  the  second  daughter,  born  1802;  married  a  Mr. 


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Cleveland  and  dic'd  1X75,  at.  Iter  daughter’s  in  Syracuse, 
New  York. 

Adah,  the  third  daughter,  horn  1804;  married  John 
Keller,  settled  in  Sullivan,  Madison  County,  New  York, 
and  died,  March,  1873. 

Esop,  the  fourth  son,  was  horn  July  12th,  1806;  mar¬ 
ried  Lydia  Beebe ;  settled  on  a  farm  in  Salina,  now  within 
the  city  limits  of  Syracuse,  where  he  died  in  1871.  He 
reared  a  somewhat  numerous  family  of  children. 

David ,  is  a  Baptist  minister  in  Illinois. 

La  Vega ,  is  a  lawyer  in  Wisconsin. 

Gilbert ,  is  a  farmer  in  Michigan. 

Lydia ,  a  daughter,  married  and  lives  in  Syracuse. 

Cyrus’  born  1808;  married  Abiali  Townsend,  settled  in 
DeWitt  and  now  lives  in  that  town. 

Rachel ,  the  fourth  daughter,  married  Elisha  Eggleston, 
and  died  June  18th,  1849,  in  Canada  West. 

Barnes ,  died  in  infancy. 

Lydia ,  the  fifth  daughter,  born  -July  15th,  1816;  mar¬ 
ried  George  Lansing  and  died  Dec.  5th,  1841. 

ZachariaJb ,  born  May  15th,  1818  :  married  Betsey  Keller, 
settled  on  a  farm  within  the  limits  of  the  present  city  of 
Syracuse,  New  York,  and  now  lives  in  southwestern  Michi¬ 
gan. 

Benjamin ,  the  youngest  son,  born  May  8th,  1820;  mar¬ 
ried  Mary  Jane  McSchoaler  Jan.  29th,  1840,  settled  in 
Sullivan,  New  York,  and  died  in  Schroeppel,  Oswego 
County,  New  York;  was  a  farmer. 


FAMILY  OF  ETHEL  KINNE. 

Ethel  Kinne ,  the  fourth  son  of  Cyrus  Kinne,  was  born 
April  3d,  1775,  and  died  Jan.  30th,  1857,  at  the  age  of  82 


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years.  He  married  Betsey  Eaton ;  he  settled  in  Manlius, 
Onondaga  County,  but  removed  to  Cicero,  where  he  lived 
and  died. 

Parsons,  his  oldest  son,  was  born  September  17th,  1797, 
and  married  Phoebe  Landers,  who  was  born  Dee.  13th, 
1798,  and  has  a  numerous  family. 

Lewis  lives  in  Palermo,  Oswego  County,  New  York. 

Levi,  second  son,  lives  in  Brewerton,  Onondaga  County, 
New  York. 

Betsey  Ann  lives  in  Clyde. 

Juliet  lives  in  Brewerton. 

Ethel  is  a  farmer  and  lives  in  DeWitt,  ( )nondaga  County. 

Harvey  lives  in  Michigan. 

Alula,  unmarried,  lives  with  her  brother  Ethel. 

Hannah  lives  in  Brewerton. 

Salome  lives  at  Blodgett’s  Mills,  Cortland  County. 

Palmer  Kinne,  second  son  of  Ethel  Kinne,  married  a 
Miss  Porter;  had  six  children,  viz:  Sophronia,  Chester, 
Eliza,  Riley,  Charles  P.  and  Esther. 

Sophronia  married  Mr.  Lasher,  and  lives  in  Chicago. 

Chester  went  west;  is  a  lawyer  in  Chicago. 

Riley  died  sometime  ago. 

Charles  P.  lives  in  Illinois. 

Eliza  lives  in  Chicago,  as  also  Esther. 

Alndah,  only  daughter  of  Ethel  Kinne,  married  Jon¬ 
athan  Emmons  and  resides  in  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Jackson,  third  son  of  Ethel  Kinne,  married  Mary  Jane 
Veder;  had  two  children.  Married  again  and  had  one 
child.  Children  all  dead.  Father  and  children  died  in  the 
west. 

Harry,  youngest  son  of  Ethel  Kinne,  married  Susan 
Waite;  had  six  children;  lives  in  Camden,  Oneida  County, 
New  York. 


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FAMILY  OF  ZEBULON  KINNE. 

Zebulon  Kinne,  fifth  son  of  Cyrus  Kinne  and  twin 
brother  of  Moses  Kinne,  was  born  Jan.  12th,  1780,  in  Hens 
selaer  County,  New  York.  Came  to  Onondaga  at  the  age 
of  twelve  years  with  his  father.  He  married  Lucy  Mark¬ 
ham  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Manlius,  now  DeWitt,  Onon¬ 
daga  County.  During  his  majority  and  previous  to  his 
marriage,  he  commenced  clearing  a  farm  near  the  present 
village  of  Brewerton,  but  soon  purchased  the  farm  of  180 
acres,  situate  as  above,  and  on  which  the  village  of  East 
Syracuse  now  stands.  They  reared  eight  children,  four 
sons  and  four  daughters. 

Jfanassah,  the  oldest  son.  died  in  his  minority. 

■Tames,  the  second  son,  married  Miss  Hay  and  settled  on 
a  farm  near  Belle  Isle,  Onondaga  County.  He  left  the  farm 
about  1860  ;  it  is  not  known,  if  living,  where  he  is.  No 
children  were  born  to  them. 

Rufus  R.,  third  son  of  Zebulon,  born  about  1820  or  ’21  ; 
married  Miss  Julia  Clark,  of  Salina  ;  settled  with  Iris  fath¬ 
er,  at  whose  death,  which  occurred  Aug.,  1865,  Rufus  came 
in  possession,  by  will,  of  the  homestead  and  farm,  under 
conditions  and  provisions  respecting  the  other  members  of 
the  family.  By  the  locating  of  East  Syracuse  the  farm  be¬ 
came  very  valuable,  much  of  if  is  now  occupied  by  dwell¬ 
ings,  stores,  railroad  shops,  &c. 

He  was  a  stirring  business  man ;  was  a  Democrat  in  pol¬ 
itics,  and  a  kind  husband  and  father.  He  died  in  the 
spring  of  1880,  leaving  a  widow  and  one  daughter.  A 
little  son  died  in  infancy  some  years  ago. 

Chester ,  four®  son  of  Zebulon  Kinne,  was  married,  and 
one  of  the  children,  a  young  man  of  twenty,  now  lives  in 
Montana,  a  bright,  active  and  promising  young  man.  His 


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father,  Chester  Kinne,  resides  with  one  of  the  sisters  in  the 
western  part  of  this  State. 

Lucy ,  the  oldest  daughter,  married  Mr.  Pendleton,  and 
after  his  death  a  Mr.  Dallaby.  She  has  no  children.  She 
is  a  very  energetic,  business  woman;  now  resides  in  Brock- 
port,  New  York. 

Emetine ,  the  second  daughter  of  Zelmlon,  married  Mr. 
Palmer ;  they  now  reside  in  the  western  part  of  the  State 
of  New  York. 

Elizabeth ,  the  third  daughter,  married  a  physician,  by 
whom  she  had  some  children.  She  became  impaired  in 
health  of  body  and  mind  and  is  now  residing  and  has  lived 
for  years,  a  helpless  dependant  at  the  old  homestead,  cared 
for  during  their  lives  by  her  father  and  mother,  and  pro¬ 
vided  for  in  the  will  of  her  father. 

Olivia,  the  fourth  daughter,  married  Mr.  Kent;  has  lived 
in  Syracuse,  New  York,  many  years,  and  is  now  residing 
in  Rochester  with  her  second  husband,  a  Mi-.  Hammond. 

Zebulon  Klnne  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years.  Mrs. 
Kinne  survived  him  only  a  few  days.  Mr.  Kinne,  for  sev¬ 
eral  years  previous  to  his  marriage,  lived  with  and  labored 
for  his  brother  Prentice,  on  the  farm.  And,  as  their  farms 
adjoined,  an  unusual  and  fraternal  intimacy  existed  and  con¬ 
tinued  many  years.  The  families  of  these  brothers,  Pren¬ 
tice  and  Zebulon,  long  after  the  death  of  Prentice,  continued 
to  live  near  each  other  and  in  very  intimate  and  friendly  re¬ 
lation.  Mr.  Kinne  was  a  man  of  strong  purposes  and  will, 
generally  just — always  kind.  For  many  years  previous  to 
his  death  he  was  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  ol 
Syracuse.  He  was  so  proverbially  kind  to  every  body  that 
many,  irrespective  of  the  relation  which  the  word  conveys, 
called  him  “  Uncle.  " 


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FAMILY  OF  MOSES  KINNE. 

Moses  Kinne ,  the  seventh  son  of  Cyrus  Kinne,  whs  horn 
June  12th,  1780,  in  Rensselaer  County,  New  York;  re¬ 
moved  with  his  father  to  Fayetteville,  Onondaga  County, 
New  York,  March  14th,  1803.  He  married  Betsey  Wil¬ 
liams  and  settled  in  Cicero,  Onondaga  County,  and  died  in 
Euclid  in  the  town  of  Clay,  formerly  Cicero,  New  York, 
September  20th,  1855,  being  seventy-live  years  of  age. 
There  were  born  to  them  ten  children,  four  sons  and  six 
daughters. 

Abigail ,  the  oldest  daughter,  born  Jan.  17th,  1804  ;  mar¬ 
ried  Ephraim  Soule  and  settled  in  Euclid,  New  York,  and 
died  March  4th,  1856,  in  the  town  of  Salina,  New  York. 
Her  husband,  Mr.  Soule,  was  the  maker  of  the  “  Sovereign 
Balm  Pill,  ”  so  well  and  widely  known  throughout  this  and 
other  States  for  its  excellent  remedial  properties.  He  was 
a  man  of  wealth  and  influence. 

Moses  Kinne,  jr.,  the  second  child  and  oldest  son  of  Mo¬ 
ses  Kinne,  sen.,  was  born  Aug.  15th,  1805,  and  married 
Polly  Warner;  was  a  farmer;  settled  in  Clay,  where  he 
died,  July  5th,  1852.  § 

Alberti,  the  second  son,  born  Oct.  17th,  1807 ;  married 
Phoebe  Breed  Oct.  10th,  1832 ;  settled  in  Clay,  where  they 
had  two  children  born  to  them,  a  son  and  a  daughter.  Al¬ 
len  B.  and  Julia.  He  died  at  Woodard,  Onondaga  County, 
New  York,  where  his  children  still  reside,  May  12th,  1879. 

Amanda,  the  second  daughter,  born  Nov.  4th,  1809  ; 
married  Wilburn  Hale  and  settled  in  Belgium,  New  York. 

Harriet,  third  daughter,  born  Nov.  21st,  1811;  married 
Samuel  Lounsbury  and  settled  in  Belgium,  New  York. 

Almira,  fourth  daughter  of  Moses  Kinne,  Escp,  born 
Oct.  17th,  1813;  married  a  Mr.  Way,  in  Euclid,  1833? 
and  died  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  1868. 


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Jerome ,  third  son,  horn  Aug.  2d,  1818,  married  Harriet 
Soule;  and  settled  in  Sehroeppel,  Oswego  County,  New 
York.  He  was  a  farmer. 

Ora ,  fifth  daughter,  born  Jan.,  1819;  married  Daniel 
Warner;  settled  in  Palermo,  New  York,  where  she  died, 

1841. 

f Julia,  sixth  daughter,  born  Jan.  21st,  1821;  married  a 
Mr.  Kore  in  1845 ;  settled  in  1855  in  Iladley,  Michigan. 

Frank ,  youngest  son,  horn  May  22d,  1822  ;  married  Mrs. 
Euretta  Foster  in  1849,  and  settled  in  Syracuse,  but  re¬ 
moved  to  Hudson,  Michigan,  where  he  died  in  1872. 

Moses  Kinne  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  in,  1825, 
associate  of  the  late  James  R.  Lawrence.  He  held  the  of¬ 
fices  of  Supervisor  and  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  his  town. 
Upright  in  character,  dignified  in  bearing,  he  was  held  in 
respect  by  the  community  in  which  he  lived  and  died.  (See 
app.) 


FAMILY  OF  JOSHUA  KINNE. 

Joshua  Kinne  was  born  in  Steventown,  Rensselaer 
County,  New  York,  Aug.  31st,  1782.  At  the  age  of 
twenty-three  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Melinda 
Leach,  of  Pompey,  Onondaga  County,  and  soon  after  re¬ 
moved  to  Cicero,  in  the  same  county,  where  he  commenced 
preaching  and  where  he  probably  professed  religion.  In 
1815  he  removed  to  Marion,  Wayne  County,  where  he  was 
ordained,  and  served  the  church  there  as  pastor  twelve  years. 
About  1830  lie  moved  to  Greece,  Monroe  County,  and 
served  the  church  at  that  place  seven  years.  Here,  in  1832, 
his  wife  died,  and  in  1833  lie  married  Mrs.  Diantha  Ben¬ 
nett.  Removing  from  Greece,  he  resided  in  Sodus  some 
years,  preaching  in  Ontario  and  Williamson. 


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About  1843  he  removed  to  Fairfield,  Lenawee  County, 
Michigan.  For  fifteen  years  he  preached  in  the  several 
places,  Lodi,  Nankin,  Unadilla,  Waterloo  and  LeRoy.  He 
died  at  LeRoy,  Oct.  17th,  1858,  in  the  seventy-seventh 
year  of  his  age.  lie  rode  on  horseback  eight  miles,  preached 
and  returned,  the  Sunday  before  his  death.  There  were 
born  to  him  four  sons  and  four  daughters.  Moses  P.,  the 
oldest  son,  was  born  Jan.  10th,  1805;  Susannah,  the  old¬ 
est  daughter,  was  born  March  3d,  1806;  Rachel,  born  Jan. 
24th,  1808  ;  Niles ,  born  Sept.  26th,  1809 ;  Sily,  born  Feb. 
3d,  1811  ;  Melinda ,  born  Aug.  30th,  1812  ;  Afred  B.^ 
born  Dec.  26th,  1815;  Joshua,  jr.,  born  May  19th,  1817. 

Moses  P.,  the  oldest  son,  married  and  settled  in  Medina, 
Michigan.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  died  a  few  years  since 
over  seventy  years  of  age,  leaving  two  daughters. 

Susannah,  the  oldest  daughter,  married  Reuben  Sim¬ 
mons,  and  settled  in  the  vicinity  of  Ottawa,  Illinois.  They 
now  reside  at  Guthrie  Center,  Iowa.  They  have  a  large 
family. 

Raeliel  married  Welcome  Porter,  and  settled  in  a  place 
on  the  border  of  Oneida  Lake,  where  she  died  in  1830, 
leaving  two  children  ;  one  of  these,  Cyrus  Kinne  Porter, 
resides  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  is  an  architect  of  the  firm  of 
Porter  &  Percival. 

Niles,  born  in  Cicero,  Onondaga  County,  New  York  ;  born 
again  while  a  little  child,  probably  not  more  than  six  years 
old,  but  did  not  profess  religion  until  about  1831.  He  first 
united  with  the  Baptist  Church  in  Greece,  Monroe  County, 
being  baptized  by  his  father.  About  fourteen  years  of  his 
early  manhood  were  occupied  in  teaching.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  First  Baptist  Church,  of  Rochester,  New 
York,  and  was  there  ordained  Aug.  28th,  1844.  In  Sept, 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and 


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in  Fel>.,  1845,  entered  upon  his  first  pastorate  at  Beloit. 
Here  he  remained  until  July,  1850,  and  had  the  joy  of  see¬ 
ing  a  church  of  twenty-five  members  increased  to  more 
than  two  hundred,  and  left  them  with  the  best  church  edi¬ 
fice  in  the  town.  His  next  pastorate  was  at  St.  Charles, 
Kane  County,  Illinois.  His  labors  as  a  minister  from  that 
time  to  the  present  have  been  in  Illinois,  with  the  exception 
of  one  year  at  Grass  Lake,  Michigan. 

He  has  served  the  following  churches,  as  pastor,  viz  ;  Bar¬ 
ry,  Pittsfield  twice,  Carrolton,  Oak  Mill,  Lebanon,  Troy, 
Payson,  Carthage  twice,  Bushnell,  and  now  New  Canton. 
His  education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools,  Palmyra, 
New  York,  High  School,  and  at  Rochester  Collegiate  In¬ 
stitute.  In  1833  he  was  married  to  Miss  Ruth  H.  Rowe, 
who  died  Aug.,  1835,  leaving  a  son,  now  living  in  Beloit, 
Wisconsin.  He  is  a  baker  by  trade.  In  1837  he  was  mar¬ 
ried  a  second  time,  to  Miss  Williams,  of  Greece,  Monroe 
County,  New  York.  Six  children  were  born  to  them,  three 
sons  and  three  daughters.  Three  died  in  infancy.  Abi- 
jah  Theodore ,  the  oldest  son  living,  is  a  deacon  in  the  Bap¬ 
tist  Church,  resides  in  Barry,  and  is  now  employed  in  the 
Exchange  Bank  in  that  town.  Niles  Henry ,  the  second 
son,  spent  three  years  in  the  army  during  the  war  for  the 
Union  ;  is  now  a  farmer  living  four  miles  south  of  Barry. 
The  only  daughter  living  is  Mrs.  Scarborough.  All  three 
of  the  children  are  members  of  the  Baptist  Church,  both 
the  sons  being  deacons. 

Melinda ,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Joshua  lvinne,  mar¬ 
ried  Ezra  I).  Lay,  and  now  lives  at  Ypsilanti,  Michigan. 
Mr.  Lay  is  a  wealthy  farmer,  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  Legislature  of  Mich¬ 
igan.  His  wife  and  daughter  are  still  members  of  the 
Baptist  Church.  They  have  only  a  son  and  daughter  living. 


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Alfred  />.,  born  in  Cicero,  Onondaga  County,  New 
York,  was  two  years  old  when  his  father  removed  to  Mari¬ 
on,  Wayne  County,  New  York.  In  1S30  he  made  a  pro¬ 
fession  of  religion  and  united  with  the  Baptist  Church  in 
the  town  of  Greece,  Monroe  County,  New  York.  In  1836 
he  married  Miss  Harriet  M.  Bennett  in  Palmyra,  New 
York.  In  1842  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Baptist 
Church,  of  Sodus,  New  York.  In  1845  he  moved  to  Mich¬ 
igan,  and  in  1848  was  ordained,  and  was  pastor  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  churches,  viz :  Marion,  Livingston  Co.,  Dansville, 
Ingham  Co.,  Leroy  and  Williamston,  of  the  same  county, 
Belleville,  Wayne  Co.  Mrs.  Kinne  died  in  Williamston, 
March  26th,  1872.  There  were  born  to  them  four  sons 
and  two  daughters.  The  daughters  died  young.  A  son, 
Cyrus  Adalbert,  was  killed  at  Brentwood,  Tennessee,  May 
21st,  1863,  aged  21  years,  while  a  Union  soldier  in  the  ser¬ 
vice  of  his  country.  Newton  Irving ,  Elliott  Bennett  and 
Lewis  Judson,  sons  of  Alfred  B.  Kinne,  are  still  living. 
Newton  I.  and  Elliott  B.  are  married,  and  reside  in  Lake 
County,  Michigan ;  the  former  having  one  son  and  three 
daughters,  the  latter  one  son.  Lewis  Judson  still  lives  with 
his  father,  who  was  married  the  second  time  in  July,  1880, 
to  Lucy  Stanly,  and  now  resides  in  the  city  of  Lansing, 
Michigan. 

Joshua,  jr.,  the  youngest  son  of  the  Rev.  Joshua  Kinne, 
was  born  in  Marion,  Wayne  Co.,  New  York,  1817 ;  was 
married  in  Plymouth,  Wayne  Co.,  Michigan,  to  Miss  Mary 
A.  Blanchard,  April,  1841,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons,  Alon¬ 
zo  and  Melvin,  both  of  whom  are  still  living.  Alonzo  is 
married  and  resides  in  Williamston,  Michigan,  and  has 
three  sons.  Mr.  Joshua  Kinne,  jr.,  died  in  the  hospital  at 
Stephenson,  Alabama,  Dec.  27th,  1864,  forty-seven  years 
of  age,  while  serving  in  the  Union  army. 


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FAMILY  OF  CYRUS  KINNE,  JR. 

Cyrus  Kinne ,  Jr.  the  eighth  son  of  Cyrus,  sen.,  was  giv¬ 
en  a  farm  of  a  hundred  acres,  but  never  settled  upon  it. 
His  father  had  begun  the  erection  of  a  saw-mill  before  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  the  year  1808.  Cyrus  chose  tore- 
main  at  the  old  homestead,  in  the  care  of  his  mother.  He 
completed  the  erection  of  the  saw-mill  and  busied  himself 
on  the  farm  and  at  the  mill  for  several  years,  and  during 
this  time  married  Asenath  Warner,  and  commenced  house¬ 
keeping  near  where  his  mill  was  located.  There  were  born 
to  them  five  children.  He  died  in  the  summer  of  1824, 
while,  in  point  of  years,  in  the  prime  of  life.  He  was  an 
active  man  and  in  intellect  equal  to  either  of  his  brothers. 
He  was  the  first  one  of  the  ten  sons  stricken  in  death. 

Samantha,  his  oldest  daughter,  married  Felix  Fralick 
in  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.  They  had  five  children ;  two 
daughters  only,  Armantha  and  Letitia,  lived  to  become 
adults.  The  older  married  Mr.  Ostrander,  in  Oswego  Co., 
and  the  younger  a  Mr.  Benedict  of  the  same  county,  and 
now  lives  in  Eaton  Co.,  Mich. 

Diantha  L.  Rhine  married  N.  Hildreth  Kinne,  son  of 
Prentice  Kinne,  whose  record. has  been  given  in  preceding 
pages. 

Fidelia,  the  youngest  daughter,  married  a  Mr.  Perry  and 
removed  to  Sunfield,  Mich.,  many  years  ago  and  died  soon 
after  her  arrival  leaving  no  children. 

K.  Hiram  Kinne,  son  of  Cyrus  Kinne,  jr.,  married  Sa¬ 
rah  Cheever,  and  four  children  were  born  to  them,  viz: 
Eldora,  died  in  infancy;  Cyrus,  3d,  died  young;  Alice, 
now  Mrs.  Mills,  lives  in  Muskegon,  Mich.,  and  another  El¬ 
dora  lives  with  her  aunt,  Diantha  L.,  her  parents,  Hiram 
and  Sarah,  having  died  many  years  ago. 


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FAMILY  OF  JAPHETH  KINNE. 

Japheth  Rhine,  the  ninth  son  of  Cyrus  Kinne,  at  the  age 
of  nine  years  removed  to  Manlius  with  his  father.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-one  he  returned  to  Rensselaer  County  and 
labored  on  a  farm  by  the  month.  In  April,  1807,  he  mar¬ 
ried  Temperance  Palmer  by  whom  he  had  nine  children, 
only  four  of  whom — two  sons  and  two  daughters,  reached 
manhood  and  womanhood.  In  1808  he  returned  to  Onon¬ 
daga  County  and  in  1810  settled  on  a  hundred  acres  of  land 
in  the  town  of  Cicero,  given  him  by  his  father  Cyrus. 
Here  he  lived  for  more  than  twenty-live  years.  In  1836 
or  ’37  he  removed  to  Ira,  Cayuga  County,  1ST.  Y.,  where  he 
bought  a  farm  and  where  he  lived  eight  years,  and  then  re¬ 
moved  to  Oswego  County,  N.  Y.  Here,  in  1857,  his  wife 
died.  In  1858,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  he  married  the 
widow  Huyke,  an  acquaintance  and  friend  of  his  youth, 
with  whom  he  lived  seven  years,  when  she  died.  His  sons, 
Darius  and  TJri,  had  removed  to  Michigan  and  died.  His 
youngest  daughter  had  married  Mr.  Walsh  and  also  re¬ 
moved  to  Michigan.  His  daughter  Roxana,  married  Mr. 
Benedict  and  still  lived  in  Oswego  County.  In  1865 
Japheth  Kinne  sold  his  farm  and  removed  to  Michigan 
with  his  daughters  ;  his  sons  having  died  he  resided  with 
the  daughters  alternately  until  1868,  when  Mrs.  Walsh 
died.  The  father  continued  to  reside  with  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Benedict,  until  1873,  when  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven 
years  he  also  died.  The  daughter  still  lives  (in  1881)  where 
the  father  died,  at  Bismarck,  Michigan. 

In  all  the  years  of  early  pioneer  life,  amid  the  hardships 
incident  thereto,  in  changes,  in  afflictions,  in  middle  man¬ 
hood  and  in  age,  Japheth  Kinne  bore  himself  steadily  in 
the  strong  fortitude  of  a  Christian  faith.  About  1825  he 


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united  witli  the  Baptist  Church  of  Cicero,  and  was  chosen 
deacon  and  as  such  served  many  years.  In  the  division  of 
the  town  the  church  was  also  divided  and  a  new  church  or¬ 
ganized  in  the  new  town  of  Clay.  Mr.  Kinne  was  elected 
deacon  and  clerk  of  the  new  church  and  was  continued  so 
long  as  he  lived  in  the  town.  He  held  several  offices  of 
trust,  but  never  sought  political  notoriety. 


FAMILY  OF  PALMER  KINNE. 

Palmer  Kinne ,  the  tenth  and  youngest  son  of  Cyrus 
Kinne,  was  not  of  age  when  his  father  died,  but  was  pro¬ 
vided  for  by  will,  with  one  hundred  acres  of  land  lying  in 
the  township  of  Cicero.  He  married  Polly  Carr,  settled 
on  his  land  and  for  several  years  resided  thereon,  and  in 
1835  removed  to  Illinois.  There  were  eleven  children  born 
to  them,  some  of  whom  died  in  childhood. 

Cynthia  L.  Kinne ,  the  oldest  child,  born  Feb.  11th, 
1811  ;  married  LeRoy  Hudson  in  1840. 

De  Witt  D.  Kinne ,  died  in  childhood. 

Caleb  P.  Kinne ,  born  May  10th,  1814 ;  was  in  the 
Union  army  in  the  South  three  years,  and  died  in  1873. 

Eli  M.  Kinne ,  born  April  12th,  1816  ;  married  Maria 
Heath  in  1839,  by  whom  he  had  Warner  C.  Kinne.  In 
1847  he  was  again  married  to  Laura  Fisk  and  had  by  her 
Palmer  F.  Kinne. 

Mary  Ann  Kinne ,  born  April  12th,  1818  ;  died  Sept. 
13th,  1840. 

David  L.  Kinne  died  in  childhood. 

Warner  N.  Kinne  also  died  young. 

Sylvanua  II.  Kinne ,  born  Feb.  7th,  1824;  married  Mary 
Austin  by  whom  he  had  twelve  children. 


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Susan  J.  Kinne ,  born  March  16th,  1S26;  married  Nor¬ 
man  C.  Fisk  in  1851,  by  whom  she  had  Norman  L.  Fisk  in 
1852.  In  the  same  year  Mr.  Fisk,  her  husband,  died.  In 
1858  Mrs.  Fisk  married  Orrin  Stafford  by  whom  she  had 
four  children.  The  eldest,  Maria,  (Minnie)  A.  Stafford,  now 
a  young  lady  of  twenty-two  years,  very  kindly  furnished 
much  aud  indeed  most  of  the  material  of  this,  her  grand¬ 
father’s  record.  The  writer  well  remembers  little  Minnie 
when  visiting  at  her  father’s  house  fifteen  years  since. 

Eliza  II.  Kinne ,  the  fourth  daughter  and  tenth  child, 
was  born  June  3d,  1828. 

Maria  C.  Kinne ,  the  fifth  daughter  and  youngest  child 
of  Palmer  Kinne,  born  March  24th,  1832 ;  married  Ethan 
Carpenter  Oct.,  1857,  by  whom  she  had  four  children. 

Pliny  P.  Hudson,  son  of  Cynthia  L.  Hudson  and  grand¬ 
son  of  Palmer  Kinne,  was  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion 
nearly  a  year. 

Sylvanus  H.  Kinne  was  in  the  Mexican  war  a  short  time. 

Eli  M.  Kinne  was  Postmaster  and  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
and  was  in  company  with  his  brother-in-law,  Mr.  Carpenter, 
many  years  since. 

Illinois  is  the  State  in  which  most  of  Palmer  Kinne’s 
numerous  descendants  reside.  He  died  Nov.  15tli,  1869, 
his  wife  having  died  July  18tli,  1865. 


FAMILY  OF  RACHEL  KINNE. 

Rachel  Kinne,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Zachariah  Kinne, 
married  William  Williams ;  settled  on  land  a  little  east  of 
Manlius  Center.  Here  she  died  leaving  four  children,  two 
sons  and  two  daughters.  Mr.  Williams  married  again  but 
died  soon  after. 


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The  elder  son,  Kinne  Williams,  married  and  settled  in  the 
town  of  Cicero.  Several  children  were  born  to  them.  Iiis 
sons  have  attained  to  honorable  distinction  and  positions  in 
society. 

The  second  son,  Ezra  Williams ,  as  a  boy  and  as  a  man 
was  very  industrious.  He  married  and  settled  in  the  old 
township  of  Manlius;  here  his  wife  died.  Since  then  he 
has  been  twice  married  and  has  resided  in  various  localities, 
and  is  now  a  resident  of  one  of  the  western  States. 

The  oldest  daughter  of  Rachel  Kinne,  named  Anna ,  mar¬ 
ried  Mr.  Haywood  who  settled  on  a  farm  near  Kirkville. 

A  son  now  occupies  the  farm — both  parents  deceased. 

The  second  daughter  of  Rachel  (Kinne)  Williams,  Com¬ 
fort ,  married  Collins  Bunnell.  They  reared  a  family  of 
children.  The  mother  died  and  Mr.  Bunnell  married  again 
and  moved,  some  years  ago,  to  the  State  of  Illinois. 


FAMILY  OF  COMFORT  KINNE. 

Comfort  Kinne ,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Cyrus  Kinne, 
was  married  to  Jacob  Springsted.  They  were  provided 
with  a  farm  in  the  town  of  Cicero,  Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y. 
There  were  born  to  them  several  children.  Mr.  Springsted 
was  a  very  industrious  man,  a  good  husband  and  a  kind 
father.  About  the  year  1820  he  moved  into  the  western 
part  of  this  State,  and  soon  after  into  the  State  of  Illinois 
where  all  knowledge  of  them  to  the  writer  is  lost. 

I  regret  that  a  fuller  record,  which  Mr.  Springsted  well 
deserves,  is  beyond  my  reach. 


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REMINISCENCES  OF  MOSES  KINNE. 

Moses  Kinne,  together  with  his  twin  brother,  Zebulou, 
opened  his  eyes  upon  the  light  in  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
Monday,  June  12th,  1780,  little  more  than  101  years  ago. 
It  was  said  that  of  the  two  babies  Moses  was  much  the 
smaller,  though  in  mature  life  seemed  as  robust  and  was 
certainly  superior  in  weight  and  size.  Very  few  incidents 
of  his  early  life  can  be  recalled  at  this  late  date.  An  occur¬ 
rence,  which  doubtless  had  much  influence  on  his  life,  took 
place  in  his  fifteenth  year.  He  was  in  the  fallow  where 
the  men  were  busy  logging  when,  a  log  being  in  readiness 
to  place  on  the  pile,  an  older  brother  requested  him  to  lift 
one  end.  The  sudden  and  violent  exertion  caused  the 
breaking  of  a  blood  vessel.  A  severe  hemorrhage  followed 
that  reduced  his  strength  alarmingly.  When  able  to  en¬ 
dure  the  fatigue  of  travel,  a  sojourn  at  the  seaside  with 
ocean  baths  twice  a  day,  was  advised.  He  spent  a  year 
there,  returning  greatly  improved  in  health;  his  system, 
however,  not  recovering  its  normal  tone  for  some  years. 

The  will  of  Cyrus  Kinne,  a  copy  of  which  is  before  me, 
mentions  Moses  as  his  sixth  son ;  six  other  children  came 
into  this  already  large  family,  and  one  can  readily  imagine 
there  were  many  steps  to  he  taken  by  somebody,  conse¬ 
quently  Moses,  on  account  of  being  less  able  than  his 
lirothers  to  perform  outdoor  labor,  was  often  called  upon  to 
aid  his  mother  in  her  household  duties,  frequently  doing 
the  family  washing.  Tradition  hath  it  that  upon  one  oc¬ 
casion  the  ruffled  cotton  shirt — a  choice  possession  in  those 
days  of  homespun — belonging  to  his  oldest  brother,  Zacha- 
riah,  was  put  in  the  kettle  with  the  linen  sheets,  shirts, 
pantaloons,  etc.,  and  all  “  boiled  up  ”  together  in  lye,  the 
f  avorite  “  cleansing  fluid  ”  of  those  early  times,  and  one, 


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that  while  “whitening”  linen,  tended  to  “yellow”  cotton, 
it  at  least  rendered  this  particular  shirt  so  dingy  that  Zach- 
ariah  looked  upon  it  as  ruined,  and  proceeded  to  chastise 
Moses  after  the  approved  method  then  in  vogue.  But 
whether  he  ever  discovered  to  what  he  owed  the  disaster 
that  had  occurred  to  his  treasure,  whether  to  accident  or 
sly  humor  on  the  part  of  the  washer-boy,  narrator  failed  to 
state.  It  might  have  been  that  the  garment,  being  an  im¬ 
portant  factor  in  the  owner’s  “  sparking  ”  outfit,  offered 
itself  as  a  temptation  to  “tease  ”  not  easily  resisted. 

From  the  fact  that  Moses  was  employed  so  much  in 
household  tasks  may  have  arisen  his  interest  in  women’s 
work,  so  called,  for  in  his  own  home  he  gave  a  helping 
hand  on  many  occasions  that  to  most  men  do  not  present 
themselves.  The  labor  of  frying  cakes  he  always  took  up¬ 
on  himself  when  not  otherwise  occupied,  his  daughters 
mixing  and  rolling  out,  for  owing  to  appliances  connected 
with  a  fire-place  and  used  in  the  work,  it  was,  he  consider¬ 
ed,  too  laborious  for  the  women.  Yet  he  was  heard  to  say  in 
his  later  life  that  he  did  not  then  realize  how  much  he  could 
assist  already  heavily  burdened  hands,  in  ways  that  cost  him 
very  little  effort.  This  kindness  and  thoughtfulness  for 
women  did  not  at  all  impair  his  dignity,  nor  did  he  seem  to 
fear  that  it  would,  should  it  come  to  the  knowledge  of  oth¬ 
er  men. 

It  was  said  that  he  once  thought  seriously  of  studying 
medicine  for  which  he  had  a  predilection.  What  changed  his 
mind  was  not  related.  He  was  married  in  early  life,  1802, 
at  twenty-two,  to  Elizabeth  or  Betsey  Williams,  born  at 
Windham,  Connecticut,  May  30th,  1782,  and  who  came  in¬ 
to  Manlius  from  Vermont,  her  adopted  State,  with  a  mar¬ 
ried  sister.  As  it  was  then  no  disgrace  to  work  out,  she 
found  employment  in  Cyrus  Kinne’s  family,  where  Moses 


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became  acquainted  with  her.  It  would  he  interesting  to 
know  how  much  she  received  a.  week;  wages  were  not 
high — teachers  of  the  best  grades  getting  only  ten  or  twelve 
shillings  a  week,  house  help,  perhaps  half  that.  She  has 
been  described  as  the  “  smartest”  girl  in  her  neighborhood, 
working  always  rapidly  and  with  judgment.  The  young 
couple,  after  marriage,  remained  with  the  old  people  a  few 
months,  then  began  housekeeping  in  Locke,  Cayuga  County, 
where  their  two  oldest  children,  Abigail  and  Moses,  were 
born.  They  lived  in  Locke  only  three  years,  removing 
thence  upon  150  acres  in  Cicero,  afterwards  Clay,  Ononda¬ 
ga  County.  The  place  now,  called  Euclid  occupies  the  south 
part  of  said  farm,  then  a  wilderness.  The  clearing 
made  at  that  time  being  the  first  in  the  central  part  of  the 
town,  others  following  immediately. 

As  an  incident  of  those  early  times,  and  remembered  in 
connection  with  the  events  of  that  year,  it  was  stated  that 
soon  after  the  removal  of  the  family  to  their  future  home 
in  early  autumn  of  1806,  a  deep  snow  fell,  Oct.  17th,  and 
receiving  additions  from  time  to  time  did  not  finally  disappear 
till  the  following  February.  Not  a  very  inviting  prospect,  cer¬ 
tainly,  but  there  was  much  to  be  done  and  the  first  winter 
was  consumed  in  settling,  in  adjusting  themselves  to  the 
new  order  of  things  and  becoming  accpiainted  with  neigh¬ 
bors  and  surroundings.  Yet  they  were  not  among  strangers 
entirely  for  a  family  named  Lynn  accompanied  them  from 
Manlius,  purchasing  within  a  mile  or  two  of  them.  Within 
the  next  three  years  two  brothers,  Palmer  and  Japheth, 
and  a  sister,  Comfort,  located  in  the  same  town.  At  first 
the  family  dwelt  in  a  log  house  of  a  very  comfortable  and 
roomy  style,  which,  after  eight  or  ten  years,  proving  too 
small  for  the  wants  of  the  increasing  numbers,  gave  way 
for  a  spacious  frame  dwelling,  that  after  more  than  sixty- 


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five  years  is  doing  good  service  as  a  section  of  a  very  mod¬ 
ern  house. 

The  second  and  third  winters  he  (Moses)  taught  school, 
also  in  a  log  house ;  in  summer  found  plenty  of  occupation 
in  clearing  off  and  logging — piling  up  logs  preparatory  to 
burning,  at  which  he  was  called  a  good  hand,  for  even  in 
the  apparently  simple  matter  of  piling  logs  good  judgment 
comes  in  play.  But  particularly  was  he  famous  at  breaking 
and  driving  oxen,  seldom  or  never  meeting  with  an  acci¬ 
dent — practice  in  guiding  them  among  the  stumps  doubtless 
giving  him  aptness.  Indeed,  in  all  feats  of  strength  and  skill, 
dear  to  the  heart  of  the  frontiersman,  he  took  the  lead.  The 
prestige  thus  gained  may  have  smoothed  the  road  for  him 
to  political  preferment,  as  he  began  his  public  career  soon 
sifter  his  settlement  in  his  new  home;  serving  first  as  Jus¬ 
tice,  then  as  Supervisor,  which  office  he  filled  acceptably 
eighteen  years,  and  during  that  time  served  one  term  in  the 
Legislature. 

It  is  stated  that  one  of  his  first  official  acts  as  Justice  was 
marrying  a  couple  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Oneida  river 
in  Oswego  County,  a  mile  distant.  In  the  evening,  discuss¬ 
ing  the  event  with  his  brother-in-law,  Joseph  Williams,  a 
shrewd  politician,  it  was  concluded  that  the  ceremony  was 
illegal,  because  out  of  his  jurisdiction,  and  the  two  proceed¬ 
ed  immediately  to  the  river  that  divides  the  two  counties 
where  Mr.  W.  procured  a  boat  and  rowing  across — the  only 
method  at  that  time  and  for  some  years  after — he  aroused 
the  pair,  it  being  10  o’clock  p.  m.,  to  whom  lie  briefly  ex¬ 
plained,  and  returned  with  them  to  the  waiting  justice,  who 
then  and  there  legalized  his  work.  As  each  of  the  party 
was  desirous  of  keeping  the  matter  secret  it  was  a  surprise 
to  hear  it  publicly  mentioned,  and  wonder  being  expressed 


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as  to  how  it  came  out,  it  was  found  there  had  been  a  list¬ 
ener  concealed  in  the  grass. 

When  entering  upon  his  political  life  he  affiliated  with 
the  Loco  Focos,  but  afterward  saw  tit,  to  join  the  ranks  of  the 
Whigs.  It  was  at  this  time  lie  was  elected  to  the  Legisla¬ 
ture  as  a.  party  expression  of  satisfaction  at  his  course,  no 
doubt,  in  turning  to  them  in  his  strength. 

As  he  occupied  the  position  of  supervisor  so  long  he  had 
an  extensive  acquaintance  and  was  well  known  through  a 
wide  extent  of  territory.  People  in  that  day  of  few  neigh¬ 
bors  were  not  deterred  from  social  intercourse  by  distance 
or  lack  of  facilities  that  seem  to  us  great. 

When  he  began  on  his  farm  in  Cicero  the  site  of  Syra¬ 
cuse  was  an  impenetrable  cedar  swamp,  and  no  one  predict¬ 
ed,  not  even  the  boldest,  it  would  be  the  most  valuable 
section  in  Central  New  York,  consequently  it  was  avoided 
by  those  selecting  land.  Yet  he  once  thought  of  buying  at, 
or  near  there  before  purchasing  in  Cicero. 

Not  a  long  time  has  elapsed  since  many  were  living  who 
were  the  associates  of  Moses  Kinne  in  his  public  life. 
Among  them  Gen.  J.  R.  Lawrence,  who  conversed  several 
times  with  his  son,  Albern,  and  recalled  with  much  interest 
incidents  of  their  work  when  both  were  in  the  Legislature 
together,  and  of  their  journeys  to  and  from  the  capital, 
when  journeying  was  not  quite  so  easily  accomplished  as 
now.  He  also  spoke  of  him  as  an  able  man  and  much  re¬ 
spected  by  his  party.  Concerning  his  domestic  life,  it  is 
remembered  that  while  exacting  obedience  he  was  ever  a 
tender  father,  and  though  compelled  from  pressure  of  pub¬ 
lic  duties  to  be  absent  much,  his  home  was  ever  in  his 
mind.  This  home  was  not  that  originally  carved  out  of  the 
wilderness.  That  had  long  before  been  sold  and  another  house 
built  near  the  “corners,”  as  Euclid  was  familiarly  known. 


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To  this  home  were  many  visitors,  strangers  and  friends, 
welcomed. 

His  wife,  in  her  later  years,  was  an  invalid,  and  her 
room  next  to  the  family  room  and  nearly  as  large,  was  really 
the  social  center  for  the  married  sons  and  daughters  who 
came  often  to  spend  an  hour  or  day  with  “  mother,”  or  to 
consult  with  the  father.  Nearly  all  lived  within  an  hour’s 
drive  and  some  in  the  same  place.  Of  the  ten  sons  and 
daughters  only  two  were  unmarried  at  the  time  of  their 
mother’s  death,  which  took  place  in  1844.  She  left  a  mem¬ 
ory  fragrant  of  good  deeds  and  devoted  piety. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife  his  youngest  daughter  mar¬ 
ried,  and  he  soon  after  sold  the  homestead  to  his  son-in-law, 
E.  L.  Soule,  taking  up  his  abode  with  his  widowed  daugh¬ 
ter,  Mrs.  Lounsbury,  thereafter  dividing  his  time  and  what 
little  labor  he  felt  himself  able  to  perform  between  his 
children,  ever  retaining  until  the  last,  a  warm  interest  in 
each  household,  even  to  its  least  and  youngest  member.  I 
have,  myself,  seen  him  put  himself  to  much  inconvenience 
to  wait  upon  his  married  daughters,  not  at  all  because  they 
were  in  need,  but  because  it  gave  him  pleasure.  About  four 
years  previous  to  his  death  three  daughters,  Mrs.  Hale, 
Way  and  Kore,  moved  to  Michigan,  and  he  twice  made  the 
journey  to  assure  himself  of  their  welfare,  the  last  time 
driving  the  entire  distance.  While  there  he  contracted 
chill  fever,  and  returning  home  lived  only  a  week,  dying  at 
the  advanced  age  of  seventy-five  years. 

It  is  not  known  whether  Mr.  Kinne  ever  became  a  mem¬ 
ber  of  any  church,  but  his  sympathies  were  with  the  Chris¬ 
tian  or  Disciple  church  of  which  his  wife  was  a  member.  His 
religious  experience  dates  from  the  time  of  Elder  Morrell's 
work  in  Euclid  when  a  church  of  that  denomination  was 
organized  there.  Ministers  of  other  persuasions  sought  his 


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friendly  home,  and  he  extended  aid  to  all  religions  enter¬ 
prises  in  the  community. 

A  Baptist  Church  was  built  on  a  lot  of  his,  given  for  the 
purpose,  and  whenever  a  meeting  of  more  than  usual  im¬ 
portance  was  held  in  it  those  from  a  distance  were  sure  of 
entertainment  at  ’Squire  Kinne’s  house.  His  impressive 
manner  and  fitting  words  in  devotion  are  well  remembered, 
his  forgiving  spirit  gratefully  borne  in  mind.  It  is  a.  source 
of  gratification  to  those  of  his  children  and  grandchildren 
who  remain,  to  reflect  that  this  long  and  useful  career, 
while  destitute  of  startling  events,  was  one  of  unblemished 
reputation  politically,  that  his  private  life  was  unstained 
by  any  irregularity,  that  though  trials  of  various  kinds  as¬ 
sailed  him,  and  death  twice  entered  his  household,  he  was 
still  cheerful,  companionable  and  seemed  always  relying  on 
strength  Divine. 

My  recollection  of  his  personal  appearance  is  of  a  tall, 
erect,  stately  frame  fully  six  feet  in  height,  broad-shoulder¬ 
ed,  rather  deep-chested,  surmounted  by  a  shapely  head, 
face  deeply  furrowed  yet  not  rendered  repulsive  thereby, 
keen  blue  or  gray-blue  eyes,  overhanging  brows,  smoothly 
shaven  and  dimpled  chin,  hair  quite  gray,  very  thin  and  ap¬ 
proaching  baldness  on  the  top  of  the  head  ;  his  bearing  was 
dignified  almost  to  austerity.  In  conversation  instructive 
and  entertaining,  unsullied  by  any  coarse  allusions  of  what¬ 
ever  nature,  possessing  a  fund  of  anecdote  and  wit  and 
well  informed  on  current  topics,  though  not  given  to  mere 
book  lore.  In  dress  and  habits  quiet,  neat  and  orderly  and 
always  the  gentleman.  Some  speak  of  him  as  having  been 
fine  looking — I  think  he  was. 

His  daughter,  Mrs.  Hale,  adds  that  her  father  “carried 
the  domestic  habits  of  his  early  training  through  life,  and 
always,  when  upon  arising  and  building  the  fire,  put  every- 


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thing  in  readiness  for  getting  the  breakfast,  (his  older  sons, 
Moses  and  Albern,  performed  these  offices  while  fliev  re¬ 
mained  at  home.)  He  was  ever  a  kind  and  devoted  hus¬ 
band,  and  during  her  mother’s  long  illness  was  tender, 
and  watchfnl  as  any  mother  of  her  child,  and  never,  when 
entering  the  house  from  business  or  labor,  paused  till  with¬ 
in  the  sick  room  and  had  taken  a  seat  near  her.  A  kind 
and  indulgent  parent  always  anxious  for  the  welfare  and 
happiness  of  his  family,  and  a  genial  neighbor  and  friend 
to  all  in  need.” 

It  is  not  claimed  that  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  with¬ 
out  a  fault,  but  the  same  grave  covers  both  them  and  his 
mortal  frame.  .1.  k. 


APPENDIX. 

C.  MASON  KINNE. 

The  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  based  on  the  best 
ideas  of  this  nation,  viz  :  the  tender  memories  of  the  pat¬ 
riot  dead,  a  bond  of  union  of  honorably  discharged  soldiers 
of  the  Union,  and  on  the  high  purpose  to  preserve  and  per¬ 
petuate  the  honor  and  glory  of  our  country  soundly  saved 
from  domestic  discord,  civil  anarchy  and  ruin  at  the  hands 
of  its  disloyal  citizens,  is  broad  enough  to  unite  and  enroll 
in  its  membership  more  than  a  hundred  thousand  of  the  pat¬ 
riotic  defenders  of  the  country. 

Gen.  Grant,  President  Garfield  and  a  host  of  command¬ 
ing  generals  are  members  of  the  organization.  The  whole 
country  is  reached  by  its  influence.  Its  Departments  and  its 
Posts  cover  the  largest  and  best  area  of  the  country.  In 


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flic  California  Department  alone  there  are  seventeen  Posts. 
The  Commander  of  this  Department  is  Col.  C.  Mason  Kin- 
ne,  elected  to  the  position  in  1880  and  re-elected  in  1881. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  first  Post  established  on -the  Cali¬ 
fornia  coast.  His  early  history  has  been  briefly  given  in 
the  body  of  this  work.  His  courage  and  patriotism  are 
preserved  in  the  country’s  records  and  the  hearts  .  of  his 
comrades  in  arms.  But  in  the  citizen  walks  of  life  his  tal¬ 
ent  and  his  tact  find  ample  field  for  development  and  useful 
exercise.  Active  and  energetic  in  the  pursuit  of  a  respon¬ 
sible  and  lucrative  calling,  he  still  finds  time  to  gratify  an 
unconquerable  thirst  for  investigation  of  scientific  subjects. 
He  is  now  the  President  of  the  San  Francisco  Microscop¬ 
ical  Society,  and  as  a  member  of  that  society  his  investiga¬ 
tions  in  the  past  years  have,  through  the  society,  found  easy 
access  to  the  columns  of  the  papers  and  ready  acceptance 
with  men  of  even  riper  years  and  experience,  and  show  a 
very  careful  and  accurate  observation  of  the  minute  and  the 
beautiful  of  creation.  He  loves  to  lift  the  veil  and  peer 
into  the  hidden  treasures  that  refuse  revelation  to  all  but 
the  eager  and  appreciative.  He  has  exploded  the  long  ac¬ 
cepted  theory  that  the  fly  walks  the  ceiling  by  atmospheric 
pressure,  and  some  of  the  school  books  that  contained  this 
theory  have  had  it  expunged  therefrom. 

He  is  the  designer  of  a  Beautiful  and  imposing  monu¬ 
ment  erected  in  the  Soldiers’  Cemetery  of  San  Francisco  at 
a  cost  of  $20,000.  It  stands  on  a  base  on  which  is  inscribed, 

“  To  the  Memory  of  California’s  Patriotic  Dead,  Who 
Served  During  the  War  for  the  Union. 

‘  Mustered  Out.’  ” 

The  monument  itself,  is  a  cannon  in  a  vertical  position, 
mouth  upward,  holding  a  cannon  ball  bearing  an  eagle  with 
spread  pinions  and  looking  skyward.  Beside  the  monument 


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stands  the  goddess,  Patriotism,  with  one  arm  resting  on  its 
pedestal  and  one  foot  on  its  hasal  ledge,  her  whole  figure 
embowered  with  floral  wreaths. 

At  the  erection  of  this  monument  in  1872,  very  interest¬ 
ing  ceremonies  were  witnessed.  Among  the  speakers  on 
that  occasion  was  Col.  C.  M.  Kinne.  His  address  was  so 
full  of  history  of  the  war  from  1863  to  the  surrender  in 
1865,  so  graphically  drawn,  so  replete  with  patriotic  senti¬ 
ments  that  it  deserves  a  permanent  place,  but  its  length  and 
the  purposes  of  this  record  forbid  its  insertion  herein.  Its 
closing  paragraphs  must  suffice  : 

“We  can  show  our  appreciation  of  the  devotion  of  those 
who  freely  gave  their  lives  for  the  land  they  loved,  by  a 
hatred  of  disloyalty  and  its  adherents  everywhere.  It  is  well 
to  forgive  the  traitor  his  sins ;  give  him  the  rights  of  citi¬ 
zenship  ;  let  general  amnesty  be  his ;  permit  him  to  aspire 

to  the  highest  positions  of  honor  and  trust,  but  there - 

stop.  Remember  that  ‘  eternal  vigilance  is  the  price  of  lib¬ 
erty,’  and  that  having  been  weighed  in  the  balance  and 
found  wanting,  we  must  allow  more  than  a  decade  to  elapse 
before  we  give  him  the  power  to  betray  us  again. 

“  It  may  do  for  some  to  prate  of  our  brave  but  misguided 
Southern  brethren,  and  claim  the  courage  with  which 
they  fought  as  adding  to  the  valor  of  a  great  nation ;  but 
there  the  meagre  sentiment  ends,  and  when  they  ask  us  to 
forget  traitorous  deeds  and  shake  hands  over  the  graves  of 
our  loyal  martyrs,  they  ask  too  much. 

“  Sentiment  may  do  for  to-day,  but  to-morrow — and  to¬ 
morrow,  and  until  this  Memorial  Day  comes  again  and 
again,  we  are  ‘  on  guard  ’  with  fixed  bayonets,  and  without 
the  staunch  old  countersign  ‘  Loyalty,’  none  shall  pass. 

“There  are  those  who  would  ‘sink  the  soldier  and  for¬ 
get  the  very  word,’  but  from  the  heart  of  a  just  and  grate- 


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ful  people  swells  the  mighty  surge  of  recollection,  bearing 
on  its  crest  the  memory  of  the  days  when  defeat  followed 
defeat  until  our  very  existence  as  a  nation  was  jeopardized, 
and  sympathizers  with  the  Rebellion  sent  word  to  our  boys 
to  come  borne,  allow  the  Union  to  be  broken  and  ‘  let  our 
wayward  sisters  go  in  peace.’  They  may  remember  that 
the  loyal  sons  of  the  North  sent  back  quite  another  answer 
— sent  up  another  shout :  4  We  are  coming,  we  are  coming, 
three  hundred  thousand  more !  ’  giving  our  army  a  new  and 
mighty  impulse.  Thinking  bayonets  decreed  that  the  na¬ 
tion  was  not  to  die,  and  swelled  the  thinned  ranks  of  our 
battered  armies.  Then  Sheridan  rode  down  from  Winches¬ 
ter  and  sent  the  braggart  Early,  whirling  up  the  valley. 
Thomas  hurled  Hood  and  his  legions  from  the  heights  about 
Nashville.  Sherman  hewed  a  pathway  forty  miles  wide, 
from  Atlanta  to  the  sea ;  and  Grant,  the  master  mind,  con¬ 
trolling  all,  though  ten  thousand  shells  burst  beneath  his 
feet,  and  a  tempest  of  bullets  whistled  around  his  head, 
never  loosed  his  grasp  on  Lee’s  throat  till  the  final  sur¬ 
render  under  the  old  apple  tree  at  Appomattox. 

“  There  are  those  who  would  take  into  full  fellowship  the 
traitor ;  but  memory  brings  up  before  us  a  peaceful,  pros¬ 
perous  people  plunged  into  a  fratricidal  war,  that  a  slave 
oligarchy  might  dictate  to  the  world  from  the  throne  of 
King  Cotton.  But  we  realize  the  fact,  that  the  public 
faith  and  credit  will  not  be  maintained  by  trusting,  now, 
those  who  did  all  they  could,  then,  to  destroy  it,  and  who 
covertly  advocated  repudiation,  or  the  assumption  of  their 
own  hell-begotten  debts.  That  the  services  of  the  Union 
soldiers  and  sailors  will  not  be  remembered  or  honorably 
requited  if  we  school  ourselves  to  regard  the  Rebel  as  their 
peer.  That  the  rights  of  four  millions  of  citizens  will  not 
lie  guaranteed  if  their  traitor  masters,  who  fought  to  bind 


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firmer  their  bonds,  are  regarded  as  worthy  of  utter  forgive¬ 
ness  and  national  confidence.” 

In  youth  and  manhood,  in  war  and  in  peace,  C.  M.  Kinne 
has  sustained  a  worthy  record. 


WESLEY  BAILEY. 

Wesley  Bailey,  by  marriage  with  the  eldest  daughter  of 
Prentice  Kinne,  became  identified  with  the  Kinne  family 
in  1833.  The  family  record,  now  under  the  eye  of  the 
writer,  relates :  that  on  the  14th  day  of  August,  in  that 
year,  Wesley  Bailey,  son  of  Elder  Elijah  Bailey,  was  united 
to  Eunice  Kinne,  daughter  of  Prentice  Kinne,  by  Elder 
Allen,  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  Syracuse,  and  that  the  event 
occurred  in  Manlius,  since  DeWitt,  in  the  county  of  Onon¬ 
daga. 

Wesley  Bailey,  born  in  Readsville,  Vermont,  in  1808, 
had  come  to  DeWitt,  the  home  of  the  Kinnes,  in  the  years 
previous,  as  a  teacher  of  the  district  school.  To  the  school, 
with  her  taller  and  well  grown  brothers,  came  Eunice,  their 
eldest  sister,  and  after  their  mother's  death,  their  chief  de¬ 
pendence  in  the  home  circle.  The  new  teacher  was  light¬ 
hearted  and  companionable,  and  easily  established  good  re¬ 
lations  with  those  under  his  charge.  For  some  of  them  it 
was  afterwards  much  easier  to  understand  how  he  had  gained 
their  regard,  than  to  understand  how  he  had  won  the  affec¬ 
tion  of  their  elder  and  sedate  sister.  He  was  sanguine ;  she 
was  sober,  earnest — not  too  prone  to  look  on  the  brightest 
side.  IIow  much  of  the  earnestness,  sincerity  and  conscien¬ 
tiousness  afterwards  exhibited  as  a  part  of  bis  character, 
was  due  to  the  companionship  which  began  in  the  year  of 
their  marriage,  cannot  be  computed ;  but  that  the  union 
was  a  happy,  and  in  all  respects  a  fortunate  one,  cannot  be 


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doubted.  Such  qualifications  as  he  needed  for  the  ministry, 
in  which  his  father  was  a  figure  of  some  note,  he  completed 
soon  after  his  marriage. 

In  1838  he  was  a  Reformed  Methodist  preacher  in  South 
Cortland,  Cortland  Co.,  and  the  editor  of  a  religious  journal 
with  the  old-fashioned  title  of  The  South  Cortland  Lumi¬ 
nary '.  When,  two  years  later,  he  went  to  Fayetteville,  On¬ 
ondaga  Co.,  he  removed  his  publication  office  and  conducted 
his  paper  there  during  his  residence  in  that  village,  and  his 
ministry  at  the  neighboring  point  known  as  the  High  Bridge. 

The  editor,  from  conviction  and  study,  became  an  Abol¬ 
itionist  lief  ore  he  came  to  Fayetteville,  and  he  gave  no  lit¬ 
tle  attention  in  his  columns  to  the  discussion  of  the  iniquity 
of  human  slavery.  He  was  at  his  desk  when  a  messenger 
came  from  the  then  young  city  of  Utica,  representing  that 
great  .man,  Alvan  Stewart,  requesting  Mr.  Bailey’s  removal 
to  Utica,  and  his  assumption  of  the  duty  of  conducting  the 
Abolition  journal,  which  had  recently  been  mobbed  for  its 
earnest  utterances.  The  eminent  Abolitionist  had  read  but 
two  of  the  issues  of  the  Fayetteville  journal,  but  had  been 
impressed  with  the  pointed,  happy  and  effective  way  in 
which  Mr.  Bailey  put  forth  his  views  on  the  subject  near  to 
Mr.  Stewart’s  heart.  There  was  the  earnestness  of  Garri¬ 
son,  but  a  tact  of  which  he  was  incapable.  There  was  the 
sincerity  of  Goodell  and  Beriah  Green,  but  it  came  to  the 
eye  and  sense  of  the  reader  with  an  attractive  side. 

“  That  is  the  man  we  want,”  said  the  able  Abolitionist, 
lawyer  and  orator.  “  Go  and  bring  him  to  Utica.”  The 
messenger  was  successful,  and  in  the  fall  of  1842  Mr.  Bai¬ 
ley,  with  much  encouragement,  but  with  no  assistance  be¬ 
yond  the  good  will  of  his  Abolition  friends,  began  the  pub¬ 
lication  of  an  anti-slavery  journal  in  Utica, —  The  Liberty 
- Tress ,  successor  to  I 'he  Friend  of  Man.  Hot  to  be  mobbed  ; 


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not  to  make  enemies.  For  it  belonged  neither  to  his  ex¬ 
perience  nor  to  his  nature  to  make  enemies  by  his  always 
good-humored,  but  effective  way,  of  offering  his  opinions  to 
the  public. 

Until  the  close  of  1848,  he  continued  his  labors  as  an 
Abolitionist,  and  then, foreseeing  in  the  awakened  conscience 
of  the  country,  the  doom  of  slavery,  and  led  to  take  note 
of  the  evils  of  intemperance,  he  changed  the  name  of  his 
paper  from  The  Liberty  Press  to  The,  Uticcc  Teetotaller. 
He  continued  these  journals  until  he  was  elected  State’s 
Prison  Inspector  by  the  Republican  party  in  1856,  when 
he  resigned  its  management  to  his  second  son,  in  order  that 
he  might  conscientiously  give  his  whole  time  to  the  State 
which,  by  a  commanding  vote,  had  asked  his  services.  For 
three  years,  inspired  with  the  best  wish  to  help  the  unfort¬ 
unate  and  the  erring,  he  served  the  State  of  New  York,  and 
at  the  close  of  his  service  lie  removed  to  Iowa  with  his 
wife  and  two  younger  sons  ;  starting  a  paper  in  the  enter¬ 
prising  city  of  Decorah,  only  to  relinquish  its  labors  as  these 
two  sons  came  to  his  relief  and  assumed  the  duties  his  (dicer-  > 
ful  spirit  was  none  too  ready  to  relinquish. 

Eunice  Kinne  Bailey,  his  faithful  and  devoted  wife,  died 
in  Decorah  in  April,  1869,  after  a  long  illness,  from  par¬ 
alysis. 

Wesley  and  Eunice  Kinne  Bailey  had  six  children.  Of 
these,  three  survive  at  the  present  writing.  The  eldest  is 
E.  Prentice  Bailey,  born  Aug.  15th,  1834,  in  the  town  of 
Manlius.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  entered  the  office  of 
the  Utica  Daily  Observer ,  with  which  journal  he  has  re¬ 
mained  connected  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century.  In 
1867  lie  became  one  of  its  owners,  and  from  that  date  until 
the  present  he  has  held  a  place  among  the  journalists  of  the 
State  which  need  not  here  be  estimated. 


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The  second  son,  Ansel  Kinne  Bailey,  was  born  in  Erie  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Nov.  18th,  1835.  With  some  rare  qualifications  for 
his  future  work,  he  succeeded  his  father  as  the  editor  of  The 
Teetotaller  in  1857,  and  accompanied  him  to  Iowa  in  1860, 
where  the  father  and  son  started  the  Decorah  Republican , 
which  is  now  published  hy  Ansel  Iv.  Bailey  and  Brother, 
the  junior  being  Alvan  Stewart  Bailey,  born  in  1847,  and 
named  in  honor  of  his  father’s  early  friend,  before  men¬ 
tioned. 

Wesley  Bailey,  leaving  to  these  two  sons  a  task  to  which 
they  were  fully  adequate,  retired  from  active  business  sev¬ 
eral  years  ago,  but  at  the  date  this  is  written  is  in  the  en¬ 
joyment  of  good  health  and  a  happy  old  age.  Honored, 
not  alone  by  his  kindred,  but  by  all  who  know  of  his  labors 
for  the  Master,  and  humanity. 


E.  P.  \i. 


INDEX. 


Page. 

Introduction .  3 

New  England  and  New  Englanders .  7 

The  Military  Tract .  24 

Genealogical  Record .  29 

History  of  Cyrus  Kinne .  31 

Family  of  Prentice  Kinne .  37 

“  Julius  C.  Kinne .  43 

Emerson  Kinne .  45 

Family  of  Eunice  Kinne .  48 

“  Mason  P.  Kinne .  51 

“  Elbridge  Kinne .  53 

“  N.  Hildreth  Kinne .  55 

“  Emily  Kinne .  56 

“  Salome  Kinne .  57 

Atlas  Kinne .  59 

Family  of  Ansel  E.  Kinne .  60 

George  N.  Kinne .  62 


62 


Family  of  Ezra  Kinne . 

“  Zachariah  Kinne . 

“  Ethel  Kinne . 

“■  Zebulon  Kinne . 

“  Moses  Kinne . 

“  Joshua  Kinne . 

“  Cyrus  Kinne,  jr . 

Japheth  Kinne . 

“  Palmer  Kinne . 

Rachel  Kinne . 

“  Comfort  Kinne . 

Reminiscences  of  Moses  Kinne,  by  his  grandaugliter, 

Julia  Kinne . . 

Appendix . 

C.  Mason  Kinne . 

Wesley  Bailey,  by  his  son,  E.  P.  Bailey . 


70 

71 

75 

76 


77 

78 

79 


80 

87 

87 

91 


ERRATA. 

In  the  5th  line  from  the  bottom  of  page  78,  for  “Zechariah  ”  read 
Cyrus. 

At  the  close  of  page  44  insert  the  following: — “Helen  M,  only 
daughter  of  Julius  C.  Kinne,  was  married  Feb.  3,  1857,  to  Dr.  O.  C. 
Williams  of  Mich.” 

In  20th  line,  on  page  52,  at  the  period  insert  “  having  married 
Lizzie  K.  D’Arcy  of  Boston,  April  11,  1864,” 

Page  56,  fourth  line  from  bottom,  read  Julius  for  “Jules.”  Page 
70,  first  line,  read  sixth  for  “seventh.” 

ADDENDA. 

Mrs  Rachel  W.  Kinne,  widow  of  Julius  C.  Kinne,  died  Dec.  12, 
1881,  at  the  residence  of  her  son-in-law  Dr.  O.  C.  Williams,  in 
Muskegon,  Michigan. 

Col.  Emerson  Kinne  died  at  his  residence  in  DeWitt,  Dec.  20th, 
1881,  in  the  78th  year  of  his  age. 


